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I've been asked about why my boarding pass didn't have the same name as my passport once, back when I didn't put a middle name. I'm from France where we traditi
by troebr 8y ago
I've been asked about why my boarding pass didn't have the same name as my passport once, back when I didn't put a middle name. I'm from France where we traditionally have 3 first names: <actual first name> <godmother|father's first name> <grandmother|father's first name> (at least that's how I was named). For paperwork purposes in the US I had to make up a middle name so I use my second and third names. Say Albert Bernard Charles Dupont would be: "Albert" "Bernard Charles" "Dupont". This way it's also consistent with my passport.
I also don't put my name's accent in most computer systems in the US (é). I have it on Linkedin though, and it trips a surprising amount of automated recruiting emails.
- scrollaway 8y agoSame story here, I've stopped using both the accents on my name and my middle name years ago, and gotten used to that now. Been thinking about changing my name to officially not include the accents anymore, I don't even like them anymore.
- tracker1 8y agoLike many other letters and accents, it may in the end be simplified and lost in time, like the thorn and long s.
- jcelerier 8y ago> I'm from France where we traditionally have 3 first names: <actual first name> <godmother|father's first name> <grandmother|father's first name> (at least that's how I was named). as a french... euh quoi ?
- Arkaad 8y agoHaving multiple middle names is common in France. It doesn't mean that all French do it, though.