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To give one example, the scholar-official [[Nakijin Chogi|Nakijin Chôgi]] ([[1702]]-[[1787]]) was ''[[anji]]'' and ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of [[Nakijin]] (this was the territory he administered, or held in fief); combined with his Ryukyuan name Chôgi, he is thus known as Nakijin Chôgi 今帰仁朝義 or Nakijin ''anji'' Chôgi. However, he was also head of the [[Gushikawa family]] 具志川家, a branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]], and bore the Chinese-style name Shô Senbo 向宣謨. His father, [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin Chôki]] 今帰仁朝季, bore the same title of "''anji'' of Nakijin," the same Chinese-style surname Shô, and the same Ryukyuan family name of Gushikawa, but a different "given name" Chôki, and a different Chinese "given name" as well.
To give one example, the scholar-official [[Nakijin Chogi|Nakijin Chôgi]] ([[1702]]-[[1787]]) was ''[[anji]]'' and ''[[jito (Ryukyu)|jitô]]'' of [[Nakijin]] (this was the territory he administered, or held in fief); combined with his Ryukyuan name Chôgi, he is thus known as Nakijin Chôgi 今帰仁朝義 or Nakijin ''anji'' Chôgi. However, he was also head of the [[Gushikawa family]] 具志川家, a branch of the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]], and bore the Chinese-style name Shô Senbo 向宣謨. His father, [[Nakijin Choki|Nakijin Chôki]] 今帰仁朝季, bore the same title of "''anji'' of Nakijin," the same Chinese-style surname Shô, and the same Ryukyuan family name of Gushikawa, but a different "given name" Chôki, and a different Chinese "given name" as well.
Meanwhile, as families divided into collateral branches, particularly within rural villages, a system known as ''yaa n naa'' ("house names") developed. For more on main and branch houses in Ryûkyû, see [[house names in Ryukyu]].
==Under the Ryûkyû Kingdom==
==Under the Ryûkyû Kingdom==