I think I have ADD.

I don’t see what you mean by egalitarian, because in a truly oppression-free society names would be of much significance. But an ‘egalitarian’ naming system that comes to mind is the traditional Arab one: I could refer to you as ‘Mother of’, ‘Daughter of’, ‘Father of’, and ‘Son of’, or by a popular ‘Kuniyat’ that describes some special social role or even an eccentricity of yours. The Arabs were a nomadic people and had no need of a single ‘official’ name, and so you could have more than one names (which makes digging through classical Muslim texts a little difficult).

For example, famous Icelandic TV broadcaster Magnus Magnusson is literally, ‘Magnus, son of Magnus”. Traditionally, his daughter would be “Magnusdottir” (Bjork’s second name is Godmundsdottir, according the the credits in her album sleeves – “daughter of Godmund”)

If women took their mother’s name instead (for example, Lisa’s daughter could be “Lisadottir”) then that would seem fairer.

Then you have single-parent families, so Lisa as a single mother might have a child called “Simon Lisason”, or Robert might have a child called “Hannah Robertsdottir”.

If I let my mind go wandering far from home (and it’s really too little to be allowed out like that, but never mind) we could arrive at:

Robert Lisaspouse married to Lisa Robertspouse – or even, “Lisarobert” and “Robertlisa”. Although, with serial divorces, that could get a bit weird again. I guess I just want any naming system to allow for showing one’s special connection to one’s significant other.

I suppose the other “traditional” naming method was to take the name of one’s place of birth.

I remember taking a name when we played “Cowboys and Indians” as a “Big Chief”, that described the conditions when i was born: “Misty Morning”. Maybe some system like that would work. Although, I can imagine a child being given the name “Brian Rainingcatsanddogs” or even “Barbara Pissingitdownoutside”, which might not be the best…!