> Names are complicated. Take John von Neumann for example. * Born 'Neumann János Lajos' (family name followed by given name order used in Hungary). * His na

> Names are complicated. Take John von Neumann for example. * Born 'Neumann János Lajos' (family name followed by given name order used in Hungary). * His name changed to 'margittai Neumann János' when his father was elevated to nobility. * He germanized his name to 'Johann Ludwig Neumann von Margitta' * ... which got shortened to 'Johann von Neumann' * He finally anglicized it to 'John von Neumann' when he moved to the US I'm not at all sure I got that 100% correct... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann