First Name, Surname, Middle Name, Last Name
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It couldn't they standardize this? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006032413872[^]
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I cannot believe someone asked a question about it. :omg: It's self-explanatory, unless you don't know English at all. Typical Yahoo Answers (Look, he forgot to ask about User Name and Display Name).
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Some countries, like Australia, don't even require a surname. Like this guy.[^] Pretty interesting, but I wouldn't want to have to explain that to every business interact with. Imagine how many software systems mandate a surname field be non-null
Then there are people like this one: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article[^] (old, contains a swear word for a surname). Theoretically, you can change your name to anything - Prince did!
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Just as there are no standard address formats there are no standard name formats. So I am not sure how it could be standardised. So what tends to happen is that websites assume that the 'correct' format is the format used predominantly in their culture. It's just one of those things one finds a way around when filling in this information. :)
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
Just as there are no standard address formats there are no standard name formats.
This is all bad at the back end, for a database being reviewed by different people in different cultures can e confusing.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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My Name is: Mohammad Mostafa Mohammad First Name: Mohammad Middle Name: Mostafa Last Name: Mohammad Middle Name is father first name
My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff
محمد م. محمد wrote:
Middle Name is father first name
Now that is even more confusing. I thought that Last Name should be your fathers name, similar to a surname! :doh:
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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hm. so if you'd have a child you could name him theoretically Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad? :D
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So his name will be Mostafa Mohammad Mohammad, if I suspect right?
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You got that right. In arab countries its this format: First Name - Father First name - Family Name. Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name So what is your full name?
My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff
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Some countries, like Australia, don't even require a surname. Like this guy.[^] Pretty interesting, but I wouldn't want to have to explain that to every business interact with. Imagine how many software systems mandate a surname field be non-null
Oh man! With all this internet around, it would suck mega! I suppose we should envision the future when naming our children. :(
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Then there are people like this one: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article[^] (old, contains a swear word for a surname). Theoretically, you can change your name to anything - Prince did!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
It sure is an interesting field. It sure makes one think about all the assumptions going into designing software, i.e. they are probably all wrong :)
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محمد م. محمد wrote:
Middle Name is father first name
Now that is even more confusing. I thought that Last Name should be your fathers name, similar to a surname! :doh:
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Nope, in arab countries its this format: First Name - Father First name - Family Name. Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name
My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff
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Then there are people like this one: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article[^] (old, contains a swear word for a surname). Theoretically, you can change your name to anything - Prince did!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
And then there are those who name their child after an airline... (or an ordinal direction respectively)
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hm. so if you'd have a child you could name him theoretically Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad? :D
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I cannot believe someone asked a question about it. :omg: It's self-explanatory, unless you don't know English at all. Typical Yahoo Answers (Look, he forgot to ask about User Name and Display Name).
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Rutvik Dave wrote:
It's self-explanatory, unless you don't know English at all.
It not that obvious. Apparently naming systems seem to vary according to culture. Makes things not so obvious if you are filling forms in a different cultural oriented country.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Rutvik Dave wrote:
It's self-explanatory, unless you don't know English at all.
It not that obvious. Apparently naming systems seem to vary according to culture. Makes things not so obvious if you are filling forms in a different cultural oriented country.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Chinese is an example, they use Family name then Given name. So if you saw Ping Lee, he would be addressed as Mr Ping, not Mr Lee.
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And then there are those who name their child after an airline... (or an ordinal direction respectively)
and the kid might wonder what and how their parents were thinking at the time.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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محمد م. محمد wrote:
Middle Name is father first name
Now that is even more confusing. I thought that Last Name should be your fathers name, similar to a surname! :doh:
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
It is quite common, and relatively widespread, its called a patronymic[^]. Even in the UK it as echos in surnames like Johnson/Thompson Benson etc, which originated as patronymics that "stuck".
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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Chinese is an example, they use Family name then Given name. So if you saw Ping Lee, he would be addressed as Mr Ping, not Mr Lee.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That's pretty funny. Now I get why I never see any Chinese name composed of three parts. I thought it was only in the movies (Jet Lee, Bruce Lee, ... etc)
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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It is quite common, and relatively widespread, its called a patronymic[^]. Even in the UK it as echos in surnames like Johnson/Thompson Benson etc, which originated as patronymics that "stuck".
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
Plus there is the O', the Mac and the Ap to indicate it is from the father. Fitz means 'bastard son of' so Fitzwilliam is the Bastard Son of William.
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My Name is: Mohammad Mostafa Mohammad First Name: Mohammad Middle Name: Mostafa Last Name: Mohammad Middle Name is father first name
My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff
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Nope, in arab countries its this format: First Name - Father First name - Family Name. Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name
My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff
I am just amazed by the big variation of such important fields! I have never thought of design consideration in any application I have ever built!
محمد م. محمد wrote:
Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name
How does he get around filling forms. See this post I was just shown: http://stilgherrian.com/category/only-one-name/[^]
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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and the kid might wonder what and how their parents were thinking at the time.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them! Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Wamuti wrote:
and the kid might wonder what and how where their parents were thinking at the time of conception.
FTFY! :laugh:
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