Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26281589-20131112205848/@comment-226878-20140906054536

Except that Xiao Long isn't hyphenated. Going by the admins' insistence that RT uses "real world words" and such, if Xiao Long was meant to be two separate names, it would be visually hyphenated. Don't get me wrong, Raven Long sounds like a perfectly reasonable name (FYI, Long is a Chinese surname), but I think if the name is Raven then both and Qrow would have a more bird-like surname. Maybe something as simple as Wing...

Of course, we've heard the odd rumor that Qrow's surname is Branwen. So, if Yang's hair and surname come from her father (Ruby's surname is either out of respect for her deceased mother or because Summer and their father never married. Why name Yang "Xiao Long" after a mother who abandoned them?), then logic dictates that her dark-haired mother would have an equally dark name. If Raven, then she's Qrow's sister and if Qrow's surname really is Branwen then we already know Raven's surname. It's the same damned thing: Raven Branwen.

Taiyang Xiao Long, Raven Branwen, Qrow Branwen, Summer Rose. Of course, this all rides on the hope that RT really doesn't spy on us here at the wiki and use our musings as a way to perpetually keep us guessing.