why Neytiri te Tskaha Mo'at'ite, not Eytukan'ite

[Human No More]

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

I read it as being as simple as: daughters are the daughters of their mothers, sons are the sons of their fathers. This tends to fit in with the sexual equality in Na'vi society*, that neither mothers nor fathers are favoured more highly than the other.

Exactly. It's the same way in human cultures which use parents as part of names in that way.
As for Ateyo, the dictionary says it is a male name, it does sound more like a male name anyway. It would make a lot more sense this way because the Na'vi are very equal between males and females.

Originally Posted by Ashen Key

....I so didn't think of Ateyo possibly being a woman's name. Oh, this raises so many interesting possibilities. Because I can actually see them being following the mother's family over the father's, as well, with their religion. Hmmm.

Firstly, it's not a 'religion' - neither does it say ANYTHING, anywhere, at all, about females being any more or less important. I have no idea where you got this from.