Names

Coya Conyon:

"My grandfather's generation seldom bothered to get married. My father's did. And mine, why, we're reviving patrilineal surnames."

-Poul Anderson, "Lodestar" IN Anderson, The Earth Book Of Stormgate (New York, 1978), pp. 333-367 AT p. 342.

Coya's grandfather is Nicholas van Rijn. Her husband will be David Falkayn. Their grandson, Nathaniel, will grow up alongside young Ythrians on Avalon. A direct descendant will be Tabitha Falkayn, brought up by Ythrians, who will marry Christopher Holm so that maybe the Falkayn name then ends? We don't know. History can take us only so far.

What happens with names in a later future history series? 

When Fenn docks his jetsled on the Habitat orbiting Luna, he must identify himself and his two passengers who are visitors from Earth:

Fenn

Iokepa Hakawau

He'o

The two from Earth are of the Lahui Kuikawa although Iokepa is human whereas He'o is a metamorph, specifically an intelligent seal who EVA's in a legless spacesuit. Human Lahui and Terrans on Mars retain surnames possibly because they are not fully integrated into the Synesis.

The Lahui Kuikawa polity and culture covers the mid-Pacific where they have:

"...immense aquacultural ranges and ranches..."

-The Fleet Of Stars, 4, p. 45.

I quoted "Lodestar" because I wanted to compare names in two future histories but now I want to re-immerse myself in the Earth Book, in the generation gap between van Rijn and Coya and in the cartelization of the Polesotechnic League. We appreciate a multiplicity of future histories but can't help having preferences.