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It is not perfect, far from it, and the reason why so many Americans have second names (After all, USA had to Georges Bush as president) A free form "full name
by Iv 7y ago
It is not perfect, far from it, and the reason why so many Americans have second names (After all, USA had to Georges Bush as president)
A free form "full name" text could be the solution, but then the problem is forcing a formatting on it so that one person always puts the same thing in this field. Should I include second names? Accents? Is that family name first or second? At least, with clearly labeled fields you are already able to tell Adam Smith from a Smith Adam.
Webshops usually are happy with name + current address but there are administrative domains where this is not acceptable.
- philwelch 7y agoThere are also differences with how surname/given name ordering translates between languages. For example, a Chinese name like Xi Jinping has Xi as the surname and is rendered in that order in both Chinese and English. A Japanese name like Shinzo Abe is rendered in Japanese as Abe Shinzo with Abe as the surname.