In Reply to: These are people's names posted by dadvet on Sunday, 19. August 2007 at 13:10 Bali Time:
Names in order of birth-
Non caste - Wayan:Made or Nengah:Nyoman or Komang:Ketut (repeat for 5th, 6th, etc.)
Caste - Gede or Putu or Kompiang:Made or Kadek:Ketut (repeat for 4th, 5th, etc.)
In the Hindu-Bali system there are four castes;
1. Brahmana - Priestly caste. Names are prefixed by ‘Ida Bagus' for males and ‘Ida Ayu' for females
2. Ksatria - Warrior or Ruling caste. Names are prefixed by ‘Tjokorde' for males or ‘Tjokorde Istri' for females. ‘Anak Agung' or ‘Agung' also indicates a person of this caste.
3. Wesia - Blacksmith or Tradesman caste. Names are prefixed by ‘Gusti' or ‘Dewa' for males and ‘Desak' for females.
4. Sudra - Everybody else (i.e. about 95% of Balinese).
As well as using the birth order names, they are prefixed by ‘I' for males, and ‘Ni' for females.