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    Weiye Chen
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    First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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      First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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      Nick Seng
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      AFAIK


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        First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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        Ryan Binns
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        Usually :)

        Ryan

        "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

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          First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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          Paul Watson
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          Weiye Chen wrote: First name = Given name Last name = Family name Also: First Name(s) == Christian name(s) == Given name(s) Last name == Surname == Family name Not sure if you can have multiple last names, but you can have multiple first names. e.g. Paul and Michael are my Given names and then Watson is my Family name. You do get double-barrell last names. e.g. Smith-Brown. But that is just odd to voluntarily do IMO.

          Paul Watson
          Bluegrass
          Cape Town, South Africa

          Crikey! ain't life grand?

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            Weiye Chen wrote: First name = Given name Last name = Family name Also: First Name(s) == Christian name(s) == Given name(s) Last name == Surname == Family name Not sure if you can have multiple last names, but you can have multiple first names. e.g. Paul and Michael are my Given names and then Watson is my Family name. You do get double-barrell last names. e.g. Smith-Brown. But that is just odd to voluntarily do IMO.

            Paul Watson
            Bluegrass
            Cape Town, South Africa

            Crikey! ain't life grand?

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            Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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            a typical geek, just couldnt leave it simple, you had to go deeper ;);P:rolleyes:


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              a typical geek, just couldnt leave it simple, you had to go deeper ;);P:rolleyes:


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              Paul Watson
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              Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: a typical geek, just couldnt leave it simple, you had to go deeper :laugh: I just thought it might be helpful if he was informed of all the possibilities so that when he ran across Christian Name he would know what it meant. :)

              Paul Watson
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              Cape Town, South Africa

              Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                AFAIK


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                Weiye Chen
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                Nick Seng wrote: AFAIK What's that? Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                  First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                  Todd C Wilson
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                  Depends on the country and regional traditions. Would help to know why you're asking.


                  Todd C. Wilson (meme@nopcode.com) NOPcode.com "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the Way." - Chuang-Tzu "Zen in the Martial Arts"

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                    Depends on the country and regional traditions. Would help to know why you're asking.


                    Todd C. Wilson (meme@nopcode.com) NOPcode.com "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the Way." - Chuang-Tzu "Zen in the Martial Arts"

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                    Weiye Chen
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                    Todd C. Wilson wrote: Would help to know why you're asking Well, i was registering myself for a seminar on a website and found out that their first name field only accepts 1 word, which makes me wonder whether i am right about this first and last name thing... :~ Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                      Todd C. Wilson wrote: Would help to know why you're asking Well, i was registering myself for a seminar on a website and found out that their first name field only accepts 1 word, which makes me wonder whether i am right about this first and last name thing... :~ Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                      Todd C Wilson
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                      Either concat the name or else hyphinate[sp?] it. Your "legal" name is what appears on your credit card, since that is what they will use to charge it (if the seminar is free, then point is moot)


                      Todd C. Wilson (meme@nopcode.com) NOPcode.com "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the Way." - Chuang-Tzu "Zen in the Martial Arts"

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                        Nick Seng wrote: AFAIK What's that? Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                        Nick Seng
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                        As Far As I Know. I should really stop using abbreviations :-O


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                          Nick Seng wrote: AFAIK What's that? Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                          Weiye Chen wrote: AFAIK What's that? As Far As I Know Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879

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                            Either concat the name or else hyphinate[sp?] it. Your "legal" name is what appears on your credit card, since that is what they will use to charge it (if the seminar is free, then point is moot)


                            Todd C. Wilson (meme@nopcode.com) NOPcode.com "Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the Way." - Chuang-Tzu "Zen in the Martial Arts"

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                            Nick Seng
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                            If I'm right, it's because Chinese names are different from western ones. It's usually arranged Last Name : First Name : Middle Name* and that's the way it appears on the identification. *without the ':' of course


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                              If I'm right, it's because Chinese names are different from western ones. It's usually arranged Last Name : First Name : Middle Name* and that's the way it appears on the identification. *without the ':' of course


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                              Weiye Chen
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                              Nick Seng wrote: It's usually arranged Last Name : First Name : Middle Name* Isn't it Last Name(Surname) : Middle Name : First Name ? So for my name, it would be Chen Wei Ye (though the middle and first name normally are appended together) This first name last name middle name thing are driving me crazy!!:mad: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                                First name = Given name Last name = Family name Am i right? :confused: Weiye, Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                                Olli
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                                In Europe, mostly YES. There are some northern countries which take the first name of the father as last name of the children adding some endings like son ( Sigurd Olafson, his son's name is then Ole Sigurdson ... AFAIK, correct somebody me if not right...) But in central and western Europe, First Name is (parents) choice, Last Name is by birth...;)

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                                  Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: a typical geek, just couldnt leave it simple, you had to go deeper :laugh: I just thought it might be helpful if he was informed of all the possibilities so that when he ran across Christian Name he would know what it meant. :)

                                  Paul Watson
                                  Bluegrass
                                  Cape Town, South Africa

                                  Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                  Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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                                  yeah, all geeks have a reason for making things complicated ;)


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                                    Weiye Chen wrote: First name = Given name Last name = Family name Also: First Name(s) == Christian name(s) == Given name(s) Last name == Surname == Family name Not sure if you can have multiple last names, but you can have multiple first names. e.g. Paul and Michael are my Given names and then Watson is my Family name. You do get double-barrell last names. e.g. Smith-Brown. But that is just odd to voluntarily do IMO.

                                    Paul Watson
                                    Bluegrass
                                    Cape Town, South Africa

                                    Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                    Jon Newman
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                                    Paul Watson wrote: First Name(s) == Christian name(s) == Given name(s) Since you included surname, you should mention Forename.


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                                      Weiye Chen wrote: First name = Given name Last name = Family name Also: First Name(s) == Christian name(s) == Given name(s) Last name == Surname == Family name Not sure if you can have multiple last names, but you can have multiple first names. e.g. Paul and Michael are my Given names and then Watson is my Family name. You do get double-barrell last names. e.g. Smith-Brown. But that is just odd to voluntarily do IMO.

                                      Paul Watson
                                      Bluegrass
                                      Cape Town, South Africa

                                      Crikey! ain't life grand?

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                                      Nish Nishant
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                                      Paul It's not that way here in South India. Let's say there is a guy John Mathew. Now if his son is named Peter, his name will be Peter John and not Peter Mathew :-) And Peter's son Alex will be Alex Peter. And in fact most people don't even expand their surname. My official name on all legal records in India is Nishant S But when I went to the US I had to use Nishant Sivakumar because they didn't accept a one-character surname If I have a son his name will be [name] Nishant or [name] N where [name] is what we name him. Nish


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                                        yeah, all geeks have a reason for making things complicated ;)


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                                        Jon Newman
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                                        What about people who over complicate things for no reason? like you for example...


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                                          As Far As I Know. I should really stop using abbreviations :-O


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                                          Jon Newman
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                                          Yeah SSI


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