Forum:Naming Conventions in One Piece

Okay, I've really gotta get this out into the open. It's been bugging my mind for some time.

The naming conventions in the series seem to be "all sorts". By that, I mean, the format of the names does not make sense to me.

There's the Japanese format, which shows uses the "Last name, First name" format. Examples like Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Hancock, and Portgas D. Ace are 100% proven to be in the Japanese format because they share names with their family members. Then there are guys like Roronoa Zoro, Edward Newgate, and Silvers Rayleigh, who we know follow the Japanese format because many people refer to them by their first names, or they themselves introduce themselves with their first names.

But then there are people for whom it is known that they use the Western naming format, that is, "First name, Last name". Big example is Daddy Masterson and his daughter Carol Masterson. Gan Fall could be a possibility, but is unconfirmed as nobody ever refers to him by one name. Vasco Shot's name also seems to use the Western format.

Then there are people who, like Jean Bart, Demalo Black, Van Augur and Jesus Burgess, who's format is unconfirmed. They've never been verbally referred to only as either name, and though it's a assumed that they'll follow the Jap format, their names seem to work perfectly fine in the Western format too.

So how do we treat these guys names? For the unconfirmed people whose names appear to fit nicely with the Western format, do we indeed use the Western format to refer to them? SuperSaiyanSonic 21:48, September 25, 2011 (UTC)