In the multicultural world that we live in how do you know my name. Is my first name my last name? What is my family name and what should you call me? As web site developers we regularly ask people for their name so we can personalise the web but are we using the correct name.

1. WHAT’S MY
NAME?
J & BEYOND 2013
BRIAN TEEMAN

2. WE BUILD
WEB SITES

3. WE NEED
YOUR NAME

10. Capturing a person’s name

11. Capturing a person’s name

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Master
text
styles

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to
edit
Master
text
styles

17. SO WHAT?

22. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

23. Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Given
name
&
patronymic
First
name Last
name

24. Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Given
name
&
patronymic
Given
name
First
name Last
name

25. Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Given
name
&
patronymic
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Father’s
name

26. Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Given
name
&
patronymic
Given
name You call her:
• Björk
• Björk Guðmundsdóttir
First
name Last
name
Father’s
name

27. Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Given
name
&
patronymic
Given
name You call her:
• Björk
• Björk Guðmundsdóttir
First
name Last
name
Father’s
name
B

28. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

29. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name

30. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
First
name Last
name

31. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
Given
name
First
name Last
name

32. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
Given
name
Genera>onal
name
First
name Last
name

33. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
Given
name
Genera>onal
name
毛泽民 Mao Ze Min
毛泽覃 Mao Ze Tan
毛泽紅 Mao Ze Hong
First
name Last
name

34. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
Given
name
You call him:
• 毛泽东先生
Mao Ze Dong xiān shēng
• 泽东
Ze Dong xiān shēng
Genera>onal
name
毛泽民 Mao Ze Min
毛泽覃 Mao Ze Tan
毛泽紅 Mao Ze Hong
First
name Last
name

35. 毛泽东
Mao Ze Dong
Different
order
of
parts
Family
name
Given
name
You call him:
• 毛泽东先生
Mao Ze Dong xiān shēng
• 泽东
Ze Dong xiān shēng
Genera>onal
name
毛泽民 Mao Ze Min
毛泽覃 Mao Ze Tan
毛泽紅 Mao Ze Hong
Fred Yao Ming
Fred Ming Yao
First
name Last
name

36. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

37. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
Hung Dinh

38. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
Hung Dinh
Given
name

39. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

40. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
You call him:
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

41. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
You call him:
• Mr Hung
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

42. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
You call him:
• Mr Hung
• Mr Dinh
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

43. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
You call him:
• Mr Hung
• Mr Dinh
• Hung
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

44. Different
order
of
parts
First
name Last
name
You call him:
• Mr Hung
• Mr Dinh
• Hung
• Dinh
Hung Dinh
Given
name Family
Name

45. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

46. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

47. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
Family
name
from
Father
Antonio Carreño Rodríguez
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

48. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
Family
name
from
Mother
Family
name
from
Father
Antonio Carreño Rodríguez María Quiñones Marqués
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

49. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
Family
name
from
Mother
Family
name
from
Father
Antonio Carreño Rodríguez María Quiñones Marqués
de
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

50. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
Family
name
from
Mother
You call her:
• Señorita Carreño
Family
name
from
Father
Antonio Carreño Rodríguez María Quiñones Marqués
de
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

51. María-Jose Carreño Quiñones
Mul>ple
family
names
Given
name
Family
name
from
Mother
You call her:
• Señorita Carreño
Family
name
from
Father
Antonio Carreño Rodríguez María Quiñones Marqués
José Eduardo Santos Tavares Melo Silva
de
First
name Last
name
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal

52. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

53. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

54. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

55. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

56. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

57. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

58. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

59. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
Given
name Father’s
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

60. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

61. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
male
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

62. Борис
Николаевич
Ельцин
Variant
word
forms
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
male
Наина
Иосифовна
Ельцина
Given
name Father’s
name Family
name
female
First
name Last
name
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Naina Iosifovna Yeltsina

63. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

64. Non
La>n
Characters
First
name Last
name
Nicholas Διονυσόπουλος
ELOT standardisation

65. Non
La>n
Characters
First
name Last
name
Nicholas Διονυσόπουλος
The'ohneeso'poolosh
ELOT standardisation

66. Non
La>n
Characters
First
name Last
name
Nicholas Διονυσόπουλος
The'ohneeso'poolosh
Dionissopoulos
ELOT standardisation

67. Non
La>n
Characters
First
name Last
name
Nicholas Διονυσόπουλος
The'ohneeso'poolosh
Dionissopoulos
Dionysopoulos
ELOT standardisation

68. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
First
name Last
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

69. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

70. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

71. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin Kenzo
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

72. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin Kenzo
• Shōji Kenzo
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

73. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin Kenzo
• Shōji Kenzo
東海林賢蔵
庄司賢蔵
庄子賢蔵
小路賢蔵
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

74. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin Kenzo
• Shōji Kenzo
You call him:
• Shōji-san
東海林賢蔵
庄司賢蔵
庄子賢蔵
小路賢蔵
First
name Last
name
Family
name
Ideographic characters in Japanese names
can typically be pronounced in more than one way

75. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

76. Middle
Ini>als
First
name Last
name
Brian
Guy
Joseph
Teeman

77. Middle
Ini>als
First
name Last
name
Brian
Guy
Joseph
TeemanBrian
G.
J.
Teeman

78. Middle
Ini>als
First
name Last
name
First
name Last
nameIni-al
Brian
Guy
Joseph
TeemanBrian
G.
J.
Teeman

79. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

80. Only
Ini>als
First
name Last
name
J.R.
Ewing

81. Only
Ini>als
First
name Last
name
Ini-al Last
nameIni-al
J.R.
Ewing

82. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

83. First
Ini>al
First
name Last
name
J.
Edgar
Hoover

84. First
Ini>al
First
name Last
name
First
name Last
nameIni-al
J.
Edgar
Hoover

85. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

86. tussenvoegsels
First
name Last
name
Peter
van
Westen
All different in Belgium

87. tussenvoegsels
First
name Last
name
Peter
van
Westen
First
name Last
nameInser-on
All different in Belgium

88. tussenvoegsels
First
name Last
name
Peter
van
Westen
First
name Last
nameInser-on
You call him:
• meneer Van Westen
• Peter van Westen
All different in Belgium

89. tussenvoegsels
First
name Last
name
Peter
van
Westen
First
name Last
nameInser-on
You call him:
• meneer Van Westen
• Peter van Westen
W All different in Belgium

92. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name

93. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name
Given
name

94. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name
Given
name ‘son
of’

95. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’

96. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa

97. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Wife

98. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Wife

99. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
Wife

100. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

101. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

102. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
Pedro Pérez Padilla
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

103. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
Pedro Pérez Padilla Encarna Pérez Padilla
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

104. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
Pedro Pérez Padilla Encarna Pérez Padilla
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

105. Isa bin Osman
Inheritance
of
names
You call her:
• Mrs Zaiton
• Mrs Isa
Manuel Pérez Quiñones
Pedro Pérez Padilla Encarna Pérez Padilla
First
name Last
name
Given
name Father’s
name
‘son
of’
You call him:
• Mr. Isa
• Encik Isa
+ Zaiton
Spanish family names would have the order paternal+maternal,
Portuguese names in Brazil would be maternal+paternal
+ Maria Padilla Falto
Wife

106. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India

107. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan

108. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Family
name

109. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Family
name Father’s
name

110. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

111. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

112. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Village
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

113. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Village
name Father’s
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

114. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

115. Mixing
it
up
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

116. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

117. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

118. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
Father’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

119. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

120. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
Caste
name
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

121. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
Caste
name
Madurai Mani Iyer
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

122. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
Caste
name
Town
name
Madurai Mani Iyer
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

123. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
Caste
name
Town
name
Madurai Mani Iyer
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

124. Mixing
it
up
Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
SurnameFather’s
name
V. S. Achuthanandan
Caste
name
Town
name Caste
name
Madurai Mani Iyer
Given
name
First
name Last
name
Kerala
India
Rajasthani
India
Kogaddu Birappa Timappa Nair
Given
name
Village
name Father’s
name Given
name Last
name
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan
Given
nameFamily
name Father’s
name

125. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

126. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name

127. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name
Muhammad
(given
name),

128. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name
al-Jamil
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,

129. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name
al-Jamil ibn Nidal
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,
Son
of
Nidal,

130. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name
al-Jamil ibn Nidal
ibn Abdulaziz
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,
Son
of
Nidal,
Son
of
Abdulaziz,

131. Muhammad
Changing
over
>me
First
name Last
name
al-Jamil ibn Nidal
ibn Abdulaziz al-Filistini
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,
Son
of
Nidal,
Son
of
Abdulaziz,
the
Pales>nian

132. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

133. First
name Last
name
Changing
over
>me
Muhammad al-Jamil ibn Nidal ibn
Abdulaziz al-Filistini
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,
Son
of
Nidal,
Son
of
Abdulaziz,
the
Pales>nian

134. Father
of
Karim,
First
name Last
name
Changing
over
>me
Muhammad al-Jamil ibn Nidal ibn
Abdulaziz al-Filistini
Abu Karim Muhammad al-Jamil ibn
Nidal ibn Abdulaziz al-Filistini
Muhammad
(given
name),
The
beau>ful,
Son
of
Nidal,
Son
of
Abdulaziz,
the
Pales>nian

135. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

136. Edison Arantes do Nascimento
Nicknames
and
such
First
name Last
name

137. Edison Arantes do Nascimento
Nicknames
and
such
First
name Last
name
You call him:
• Pelé

138. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

139. Formality
and
honorifics
First
name Last
name
Victor Drover

140. Formality
and
honorifics
First
name Last
name
Victor DroverDr.

141. Formality
and
honorifics
First
name Last
name
Victor Drover, PhD

142. Formality
and
honorifics
First
name Last
name
Victor DroverProfessor

143. WHAT’S MY
NAME?

144. Single
name
First
name Last
name
Beat

145. Single
name
First
name Last
name
Beat
First
name

146. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
First
name Last
name
Japanese characters can be pronounced many ways
Different characters may be pronounced the same

147. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin(?) Kenzo
• Shōji(?) Kenzo
First
name Last
name
Japanese characters can be pronounced many ways
Different characters may be pronounced the same

148. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin(?) Kenzo
• Shōji(?) Kenzo
東海林賢蔵
庄司賢蔵
庄子賢蔵
小路賢蔵
First
name Last
name
Japanese characters can be pronounced many ways
Different characters may be pronounced the same

149. 東海林賢蔵
Ambiguity
in
wriFen
forms
You call him:
• Tōkairin(?) Kenzo
• Shōji(?) Kenzo
You call him:
• Shōji-san
東海林賢蔵
庄司賢蔵
庄子賢蔵
小路賢蔵
First
name Last
name
Japanese characters can be pronounced many ways
Different characters may be pronounced the same

150. SO WHAT
DO I DO?

151. Recommenda>ons…
TO SPLIT OR NOT

152. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
yourself
whether
you
really
need
to
have
separate
fields
for
given
name
and
family
name
TO SPLIT OR NOT

153. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
yourself
whether
you
really
need
to
have
separate
fields
for
given
name
and
family
name
• Let
the
user
decide
how
to
write
their
name
TO SPLIT OR NOT

154. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
yourself
whether
you
really
need
to
have
separate
fields
for
given
name
and
family
name
• Let
the
user
decide
how
to
write
their
name
• Make
input
fields
long
enough
to
enter
long
names.
TO SPLIT OR NOT

155. Recommenda>ons…
HOW TO SPLIT

156. Recommenda>ons…
• Make
the
fields
op-onal
not
everyone
has
both
HOW TO SPLIT

157. Recommenda>ons…
• Make
the
fields
op-onal
not
everyone
has
both
• Avoid
using
the
labels
‘first
name’
and
‘last
name’.
HOW TO SPLIT

158. Recommenda>ons…
SORTING

159. Recommenda>ons…
• Let
the
user
decide.
SORTING

160. Recommenda>ons…
TITLES

161. Recommenda>ons…
• Make
the
fields
op-onal
not
everyone
uses
a
-tle
TITLES

162. Recommenda>ons…
• Make
the
fields
op-onal
not
everyone
uses
a
-tle
• Only
use
it
if
you
need
it
and
it
is
relevant
TITLES

163. Recommenda>ons…
• Make
the
fields
op-onal
not
everyone
uses
a
-tle
• Only
use
it
if
you
need
it
and
it
is
relevant
• Maybe
you
need
to
have
a
pre
and
post
name.
TITLES

164. Recommenda>ons…
WHAT’S YOUR NAME

165. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
separately
how
that
person
would
like
to
be
called
WHAT’S YOUR NAME

166. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
separately
how
that
person
would
like
to
be
called
• Separate
formal
name
and
common
name
(nickname)
WHAT’S YOUR NAME

167. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
separately
how
that
person
would
like
to
be
called
• Separate
formal
name
and
common
name
(nickname)
• Don’t
assume
the
parts
of
the
name
WHAT’S YOUR NAME

168. Recommenda>ons…
• Ask
separately
how
that
person
would
like
to
be
called
• Separate
formal
name
and
common
name
(nickname)
• Don’t
assume
the
parts
of
the
name
• Varying
expecta-ons
of
formality
around
the
world.
WHAT’S YOUR NAME

169. Recommenda>ons…
INPUT RULES

170. Recommenda>ons…
• Don’t
capitalise
a
name
leave
it
as
entered
INPUT RULES

171. Recommenda>ons…
• Don’t
capitalise
a
name
leave
it
as
entered
• Don’t
restrict
to
Alpha
-­‐
allow
space
and
dash
INPUT RULES

172. Recommenda>ons…
• Don’t
capitalise
a
name
leave
it
as
entered
• Don’t
restrict
to
Alpha
-­‐
allow
space
and
dash
• Don’t
restrict
to
ASCII
128
-­‐
allow
extended
INPUT RULES

173. Recommenda>ons…
• Don’t
capitalise
a
name
leave
it
as
entered
• Don’t
restrict
to
Alpha
-­‐
allow
space
and
dash
• Don’t
restrict
to
ASCII
128
-­‐
allow
extended
• Don’t
make
all
fields
required
INPUT RULES

174. Recommenda>ons…
• Don’t
capitalise
a
name
leave
it
as
entered
• Don’t
restrict
to
Alpha
-­‐
allow
space
and
dash
• Don’t
restrict
to
ASCII
128
-­‐
allow
extended
• Don’t
make
all
fields
required
• Don’t
have
a
minimum
or
maximum
character
count.
INPUT RULES

175. Recommenda>ons…
LANGUAGE

176. Recommenda>ons…
• If
you
hope
to
get
La-n
or
ASCII-­‐only,
you
need
to
say
so.
LANGUAGE

177. Recommenda>ons…
LANGUAGE 2

178. Recommenda>ons…
• Are
you
collec-ng
the
person’s
name
just
to
have
an
iden-fier
in
your
system?
LANGUAGE 2

179. Recommenda>ons…
• Are
you
collec-ng
the
person’s
name
just
to
have
an
iden-fier
in
your
system?
• Do
you
plan
to
call
them
by
name
in
their
language
but
track
them
in
your
back-­‐office
in
a
language
such
as
English
LANGUAGE 2

180. Recommenda>ons…
• Are
you
collec-ng
the
person’s
name
just
to
have
an
iden-fier
in
your
system?
• Do
you
plan
to
call
them
by
name
in
their
language
but
track
them
in
your
back-­‐office
in
a
language
such
as
English
• You
may
want
to
ask
for
a
La-n
transcrip-on.
LANGUAGE 2

182. Thanks to

183. RICHARD
ISHIDA
Thanks to

184. Thanks to
TRYING TO MAKE THE
WORLD WIDE WEB
WORLD WIDE

185. http://www.w3.org/
International/questions/
qa-personal-names
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