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A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) [ 1 ] is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known, and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual. [ 2 ]
In the Netherlands, the tussenvoegsel is written with a capital letter if no name precedes it. For example: a person with the name "Jan" as a given name and "de Vries" as a surname would be written Jan de Vries or "de heer De Vries", literally, Mr. De Vries. See also the main Dutch surnames section.
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [ 3 ]Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [ 4 ]Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [ 5 ] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [ 6 ] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Spanish naming customs. Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite [a]) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's ...
This shows a structure typical for English-speaking cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names. In various cultures, a middle name is a portion of a personal name that is written between a person's given name and surname. [ 1 ][ 2 ] A middle name is often abbreviated and is then called middle initial or just ...
A double-barrelled name is a type of compound surname, typically featuring two words (occasionally more), often joined by a hyphen. Notable people with double-barrelled names include Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Sacha Baron Cohen, and JuJu Smith-Schuster. In the Western tradition of surnames, there are several types of double surname (or double ...
A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. "PhD", "CCNA", "OBE"). Other examples include generational ...