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Do you mean they had a mononym? Famous examples but for stage names are Madonna or Cher. I knew someone who had one that has a mononym and would regularly run

Do you mean they had a mononym? Famous examples but for stage names are Madonna or Cher. I knew someone who had one that has a mononym and would regularly run into issues. I believe they did get their passport issued with their mononym, but it caused all sorts of problems with international travel. Some airlines would require duplicating their name for first and last, then cause issues during check in, security or immigration, because of the mismatch between passport and ticket/visa/etc.

lostlogin 3y ago
> Do you mean they had a mononym? I do. The idea of a plane ticket for ‘Cher Cher’ is quite funny, though presumably wasn’t for her.
- bee_rider 3y ago
  If someone has a mononym and a system needs two names, the accepted convention should be to use “The” as their first name.
  - lostlogin 3y ago
    This would be good as a ‘title’ option. We get a fleet of military ranks, honorific crap and religious stuff. I’d like to see some options like ‘The.
  - teo_zero 3y ago
    Why "the"? What is so special about this herbal beverage in French, or the adjective meaning hot in Irish? I suspect you are applying just a variation of the same every-name-must-follow-my-arbitrary-rules game. You're trying to correct the assumption that everybody has of a first name and a surname with the equally wrong assumption that everybody understands an English word.
    - bee_rider 3y ago
      Just to be clear, I’m suggesting it because “The Cher” is clearly the funniest way of satisfying the two names requirement.
kmoser 3y ago
In the 1980s I worked as a programmer at a large institution which shall remain nameless that had a database of people who had applied for one of said institution's services. One entry in the database stood out because it had a first name but no last name, and it was very clear by the first name which celebrity that was.

lostlogin 3y ago

> Do you mean they had a mononym? I do. The idea of a plane ticket for ‘Cher Cher’ is quite funny, though presumably wasn’t for her.

bee_rider 3y ago
If someone has a mononym and a system needs two names, the accepted convention should be to use “The” as their first name.
- lostlogin 3y ago
  This would be good as a ‘title’ option. We get a fleet of military ranks, honorific crap and religious stuff. I’d like to see some options like ‘The.
- teo_zero 3y ago
  Why "the"? What is so special about this herbal beverage in French, or the adjective meaning hot in Irish? I suspect you are applying just a variation of the same every-name-must-follow-my-arbitrary-rules game. You're trying to correct the assumption that everybody has of a first name and a surname with the equally wrong assumption that everybody understands an English word.
  - bee_rider 3y ago
    Just to be clear, I’m suggesting it because “The Cher” is clearly the funniest way of satisfying the two names requirement.

kmoser 3y ago

In the 1980s I worked as a programmer at a large institution which shall remain nameless that had a database of people who had applied for one of said institution's services. One entry in the database stood out because it had a first name but no last name, and it was very clear by the first name which celebrity that was.