How could names plausibly change over several generations of humans living in a space station on another planet?

I'm worldbuilding for a story in which a certain portion of the population relocates to a slightly habitable planet due to the complete inhabitability of Earth. It takes place several generations after this initial move. Obviously, the culture of the protagonist's current generation would have changed drastically and been impacted by their surroundings. I intend it to be very high-tech (as the storyline would require) and it is a dystopia environment; overreaching, focus on efficiency, high expectations of citizens with harsh penalties for mistakes; it's an idea in progress.

I'm hyper-focused on working out the naming issue, as character development is easier for me when I have names. I know names would have changed, as they always have over time (albeit slowly), but I am not even sure where to begin in figuring out how they may have realistically changed. Would the culture of the initial relocation group come into play? I was thinking names that aren't too off the bat, as I imagine readers wouldn't like completely unfamiliar names, so maybe I can find some basis of slightly altering 'regular' names to seem futuristic or different in some way. TIA for any direction at all.

posted almost 8 years ago

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