The Name: People of the Dragon

[Jsbrads2]

When did the name People of the Dragon start?

my only theory is that when Lews first became Tamyrlin, and the war started and he moved to a greater role and took the title Dragon and the Forsaken left, the Aiel were no longer just servants to the Aes Sedai, they became the servants of Tamyrlin and adopted the name People of the Dragon or were called so by others. During the Breaking or later, that name may have been lost, but not before the Dragon Wall got its name…

 

Any other ideas?

[Kalessin]

That's consistent with the Aiel history ter'angreal; Rand sees Jonai talking to Someshta:

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Jonai winced. That name had caused trouble, no less for not being true. But how many citizens now believed the Da’shain Aiel had once served the Dragon and no other Aes Sedai?

compared with Charn, Jonai's grandfather:

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Today was his twenty-fifth naming day, and tonight he intended to accept Nalla’s latest offer of marriage. He wondered if she would be surprised; he had been putting her off for a year, not wanting to settle down. It would mean changing his service to Zorelle Sedai, whom Nalla served, but Mierin Sedai had already given her blessing.

I would guess that the Aiel had incorporated a kind of Civil Defense into their overall service to Aes Sedai, but with the Tamyrlin, Lews Therin Telamon, the Dragon, as the Aes Sedai they served in that capacity.