Gnomes are named in a short ceremony conducted by the parents without the aid of priests. Guests bring gifts to the ceremony that symbolize traits they hope the child will grow up to have. All gifts are placed in a chest and are presented to the child when she has reached adulthood. Legendary gnomes who have made breakthroughs in fields such as mathematics, religion, astrology or illusion often inspire names. The gnomish fondness for tracing family bloodlines in clan records continually inspires new candidates. Gnomes usually have several names, sometimes as many as four, but these are only used at formal occasions. Surnames are derived from one's clan, thus if a gnome changes clan, their surname changes as well. Gnome names contain triple consonants. Their surnames resemble their forenames in style, but are generally much longer. Examples of forenames Male names: Korbfiln, Bribbfe, Svilvrer, Kildri Female names: Iserbfi, Evimblol, Areppli, Arelvril Examples of surnames Bofvribobble, Kittriginirfli, Arobbfirni, Ipelfrirfird