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I have a hyphen in my first name that also causes problems. I love it when I put my name in and the web site say "invalid first name." Thanks mom and dad... Wh
by jccalhoun 7y ago
I have a hyphen in my first name that also causes problems. I love it when I put my name in and the web site say "invalid first name." Thanks mom and dad...
What is worse is people who "fix" my name by moving the second half of my first name and making it part of my last name. I'm an adult. I know what my name is.
- speleding 7y agoI have a double first name, so I have a space in my first name. Many people / systems seem to think I accidentally put my middle name in the first name field and helpfully move or drop the second part. Putting a hyphen in (which is not really supposed to be there) typically fixes it, so I'm variously known with a hyphenated and non-hyphenated name. But it rarely causes issues.
- Avamander 7y agoI write very strongly-worded letters to those companies. Honestly, I wish someone publicly shamed all those stupid companies.
- an_openbook 7y agoIn Quebec, composite first names (prénoms composés) like Marc-Antoine are pretty common, so there was nothing weird about my parents giving me such a name. And frankly, most webforms I had to fill out while living there accepted my name just fine. However, now that I've moved to the United States, it's been a bit of an annoyance.