Naming Pattern on Naboo (Padme, Sola, etc.)

On Naboo, it seems like the girls have a naming pattern: Eirtae, Sache, Yane, Sabe, Rabe, Padme, Motee, Elle, Dorme, Corde, etc. But in the scene in AOTC when Anakin and Padme visit her family, her sister is introduced as Sola. Now why on earth would Sola's name be Sola instead of another -e name? It makes Padme stand out all the more. Padme is a Senator and once-Queen. Her reign name and Senator name is Amidala and her family refers to her as Padme, so we know her real name is Padme. If all the other girls are named -e, then why is Sola and her daughters different? A possible answer could be...
- Padme was born in Theed and was named according to Theed name trends. In the visual dictionary for TPM, it has Padme's origins as a farmgirl from a small village. Sola could have been born in the village and given the name Sola. The Naberrie family could have been visitng grandmother Winama in Theed (she worked there as a weaver) when Padme was born.
But! Eirtae is also listed in the TPM visual dictionary as coming from a wealthy mountainside village, and her name is Eirtae. Unless she, too, was born in Theed or her parents followed Theed trends, it makes Padme and Sola's name origins more confusing.
-Sola could have been born in a different generation of names; her and Padme's mother's name is Jobal, after all. Sola could have been born into a generation where the name trend is -ola or -la or -a. This also explains the name difference between her and Padme and her daughters, named Ryoo and Pooja. Ryoo and Pooja, looking about four and six, are relatively close in age and their generations' name trends are similar. Or, thier mother just likes double-o names... If they are from similar name trends, then that would expand the age difference bewteen Sola and Padme. Based upon movie Sola's face, she looks about thirty, considering she has two children and Padme's 24.

Another question: Why, if the visual dictionary has Padme hailing from a farm, does her family and Sola live ina very townhouseesque place in Theed? Do they live there as a result of Winama's death with no one close to care for Padme? (But Winama died before Padme was elected Queen, no?) Did her parents move there when she was made senator and to be with Sola and her family (her husband is listed as being some pilot)?
Ok. Whaddaya think?

 

I think I'm confused.

 

After reading your post....I think I know Calculus.

 

To answer your last question (I don't have the energy to address the first part of your post), a lot of country planters/farmers have town homes. Think about it, that's what "town house" means: a place where wealthy farmers can live in the city to interact with the political, business and social figures while getting away from the "backwards" life of the country.

 

All the girls with "E" names are all handmaidens,Sola is not a handmaiden.

 

But JedimasterMoon, Padme's no handmaiden and she's got an -e name. She was born Padme Naberrie. And d'you really think all girls with -e names are meant to be handmaidens? It's just been in demonstrated that girls on Naboo have name trends., and Padme's generation has an -e ending.

 

Umm...because its not on Earth

 

The same way that NOT all Japanese girl names ended with the suffix "-ko".


From a movie making point of view, perharps the movie makers just think that there's too many Naboo girls with "-e" suffix in their names, so they decided introduce ones with "-o" and "-a".

But personally, without further knowledge into the Naboo colonist naming scheme, I don't know on why Padme and Sola was named "Padme" and "Sola".

 

Not to take us off topic but this reminds me of a question I've always had regarding the accent on Padme's name. The accent is on the last syllable but every one says "PAD me", no one says "pad ME". An accent might make her name look more exotic but it makes everyone in the films look stupid when the accent is never pronounced.

 

I am pretty sure [though could be wrong] that in Spanish, the letter "é" is pronounced "-ay". So in theory, the pronounciation of Padmé's, and any other characters name ending in an "é", is correct when pronounced as "Pad-may", "Cor-day", as is in the movies.
But again, this might only be correct if Lucas has based the names of the women of Naboo using Spanish pronunciation.

Forgive me if I am wrong though.

 

You are correct that e is pronounced as a hard a in spanish. I'm not saying the name is phoneticlally being mispronounced, only that the emphasis is on the wrong syllable, with respect to the accent. It should be pad MAY, not PAD may.

 

Well it seems everyones first names on Naboo, that we know of a two syllabled... i think. Padme, Eirtae, Dorme....Sola, Ruwee, Jobal, Ryoo, Pooja... OMG even Jar Jar

 

Next time, please try to use spaces between your paragraphs so its easier to read.

 

Ah, I understand your point now, apologies. I think it just has to do with the actors/actresses real life accents slipping through, which they tend to do a lot.

 

why must you assume that you can deduce the entire basis for naming children on a dozen or so people?

 

skyysoblue, they're what I've been given to work with. and if you came to post just about that, then don't post at all. And at least present reasoning on why it's wrong or unecessary to deduce naming patterns on a dozen people. BTW, most people don't have much to work with with theories. Gee.

 

Is Padme, Padme's real name? Or is Sabe, Sabe's real name. Maybe the queen and her handmaidens go under fake names for security reasons.

 

This is something that I have often thought when wondering about this case. As nobody else no Naboo par the Queen herself and the Handmaidens have a name ending in this prefix, then there is a strong possibility that upon becoming Handmaidens, they are re-named in the same style as the Queen.
I have always been under the assumption that Padmé was born under the same name, so either all the Handmaidens and only the handmaidens being named in ways that resemble the Queen is a big coincidence, or they have been assigned names.

 

Padme was born Padme. Your opinion on the handmaiden's names would be right, though. Sounds reasonable.

 

Eirtae, Sache, Yane, Sabe, Rabe, Padme, Motee, Elle, Dorme, Corde, etc. But in the scene in AOTC when Anakin and Padme visit her family, her sister is introduced as Sola. Now why on earth would Sola's name be Sola instead of another -e name?

-Sola could have been born in a different generation of names; her and Padme's mother's name is Jobal, after all.

Could be. I`ve been told that that is how you can tell what generation an Armenian woman is from. I suppose the same logic can be applied.

 

Ruwee sounds like a feminine name. Jobal sounds a tad more masculine. I wonder if there is such things as girls names and boys names.