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How does it work?
Dunmer forenames are assembled by combining two syllables and then a surname appropriate for the person's Great House is appended. While the pop-up window is actuve, just hit the refresh button on your keyboard (usually F5) to generate five new name combinations. If you instead right-click the links and choose 'Save as...' you can save the name generators to your computer, which can save you a great deal of time if you plan to create a lot of NPCs.
Why separate by Great House?
Great Houses were formed as minor Houses, i.e. extended families, banded together. A Dunmer's family name is therefore indicative of which Great House his family belongs to.
Do I have to follow the generated names?
No, not necessarily. The only thing that's really important is that you don't mix up the relationship between family names and Great House. For instance the Dren family is one of the most famous and influential clans of House Hlaalu and it would be farfetched for a Redoran NPC to have that surname.
      If you're modding a Dunmer who serves in the Imperial Legion or any other non-Great House faction there's more freedom in choosing the surname, assuming you don't go out of your way to give him the wrong Great House relationship in dialogue and such.
Are there any special cases?
Oh yes, several. The term "Serjo" is a sign of respect among Dunmer, and can be likened to the term "Mister". Serjo Avon Oran (id: avon oran), the local leader in Suran is the only one to have the title appended to his actual name, which I can only assume is a mistake on Bethesda's part since other NPCs are referenced by Serjo without the title appended to their actual name.
      A handful of Dunmer only have one name, most notably but not restricted to poweful Telvanni lords like Therana, Dratha and Aryon. Valderon is a local example.
      Nick-names aren't unheard of either, like with "Edd "Fast Eddie" Theman", the Telvanni who becomes your Mouth if you pursue the Telvanni Great House career in TES3. They shouldn't be very common in our mod, though.
What does 'Stack owerflow at line: 39' mean?
I have no idea why Internet Explorer sometimes complains about this when you're generating names. Possibly because it doesn't like arrays this large. Firefox doesn't seem to have a problem with it though.
Will you add Indoril and Dres generators too?
I don't think I can since I don't know what surnames they use.
Hmm... I've seen a similar system on Tamriel Rebuilt's website!
It's true that Tamriel Rebuilt also have a name generator. However this system was not based on it in any way.
     The source is a javascript written by Premshree Pillai, which can be found here (don't go there, it's an icky geocities site shockfull with forced advertising). The names were gathered by sorting the NPC list in TES III: Morrowind's Construction Set and typing information into a text editor.

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