I would suspect that varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It surely is a representation of it, to quote the ICAO PDF: > Prefixes and suffixes, including t

I would suspect that varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It surely is a representation of it, to quote the ICAO PDF: > Prefixes and suffixes, including titles, professional and academic qualifications, honours, awards, and hereditary status (such as Dr., Sir, Jr., Sr., II and III) shall not be included in the MRZ except where the issuing State considers these to be legally part of the name Hungarian law for example says the passport contains an MRZ (compiled from various data) which allows identifying the citizen and the passport. Is that the legal name then? Is this a meaningful discussion to be had? I can't find Canadian law but https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/about/passport-features.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se... says "The last two lines at the bottom of the page are the machine-readable zone, which repeats the passport holder’s personal information "