Name Related Codes
Name Part Types
Types for a name part.
| family | Family name, this is the name that links to the genealogy. In some cultures (e.g. Eritrea) the family name of a son is the first name of his father. |
| given | Given name. NOTE Not to be called "first name" since given names do not always come first. |
| title | Part of the name that is acquired as a title due to academic, legal, employment or nobility status etc. NOTE Title name parts include name parts that come after the name, such as qualifications. |
Name Part Uses
Use codes for a name part (in a list of name parts).
| legal | For organizations a suffix indicating the legal status, e.g., "Inc.", "Co.", "AG", "GmbH", "B.V." "S.A.", "Ltd." Etc. |
| -- | Extra information about the style of a title |
| academic | Indicates that a prefix like "Dr." or a suffix like "M.D." or "Ph.D." is an academic title. |
| nobility | In Europe and Asia, there are still people with nobility titles (aristocrats). German "von" is generally a nobility title, not a mere voorvoegsel. Others are "Earl of" or "His Majesty King of..." etc. Rarely used nowadays, but some systems do keep track of this. |
| professional | Primarily in the British Imperial culture people tend to have an abbreviation of their professional organization as part of their credential suffices. |
| honorific | An honorific such as "The Right Honourable" or "Weledelgeleerde Heer". |
| birth | A name that a person was given at birth or established as a consequence of adoption. NOTE This is not used for temporary names assigned at birth such as "Baby of Smith" � which is just a name with a use code of TEMP |
| acquired | A name part a person acquired. The name part may be acquired by adoption, or the person may have chosen to use the name part for some other reason. NOTE This differs from an other/psuedonym/alias in that an acquired name part is acquired on a formal basis rather than an informal one (e.g. registered as part of the official name). |
| spouse | The name assumed from the partner in a marital relationship. Usually the spouse�s family name. No inference about gender may be made from the existence of spouse names. |
| middle | Indicates that the name part is a middle name. In general, the English "middle name" concept is all of the given names after the first. This qualifier may be used to explicitly indicate which given names are considered to be middle names. The middle name qualifier may also be used with family names. This is a Scandinavian use case, matching the concept of "mellomnavn"/"mellannamn". There are specific rules that indicate what names may be taken as a mellannamn in different Scandinavian countries. |
| callme | Callme is used to indicate which of the various name parts is used when interacting with the person. |
| initial | Indicates that a name part is just an initial. Initials do not imply a trailing period since this would not work with non-Latin scripts. Initials may consist of more than one letter, e.g., "Ph." could stand for "Philippe" or "Th." for "Thomas". |
| prefix | A prefix has a strong association to the immediately following name part. A prefix has no implicit trailing white space (although it has implicit leading white space). |
| suffix | A suffix has a strong association to the immediately preceding name part. A suffix has no implicit leading white space (although it has implicit trailing white space). |
Name Uses
Use codes for a particular name in a list of names.
| -- | Representation Use (in Japan) |
| alpha | Alphabetic transcription of name (Japanese: romaji). |
| ideo | Ideographic representation of name (e.g., Japanese kanji, Chinese characters). |
| syllabic | Syllabic transcription of name (e.g., Japanese kana, Korean hangul). |
| usual | Known as/conventional/the one you normally use. |
| official | The formal name as registered in an official (government) registry, but which name might not be commonly used. May correspond to the concept of legal name. |
| temp | A temporary name. A name valid time can provide more detailed information. This may also be used for temporary names assigned at birth or in emergency situations. |
| - | Assumed: A name that a person has assumed or has been assumed to them |
| tribal | Indigenous/Tribal e.g. Chief Red Cloud. |
| alias | Other/pseudonym. A non-official name by which the person is sometimes known. (This may also be used to record informal names such as a nickname.) |
| anonymous | Anonymous assigned name (used to protect a person's identity for privacy reasons). |
| business | A name used in a professional or business context. EXAMPLES: Continuing to use a maiden name in a professional context, or using a stage performing name (some of these names are also pseudonyms). |
| religious | A name assumed as part of a religious vocation. e.g. Sister Mary Francis, Brother John |
| old | This name is no longer in use. NOTE Names can also carry valid time ranges. This code is used to cover the situations where it is known that the name is no longer valid, but no particular time range for its use is known. |
| banned | This name should no longer be used when interacting with the person (i.e. in addition to no longer being used, the name should not even be mentioned when interacting with the person). NOTE applications are not required to compare names labelled "banned" and other names in order to eliminate name parts that are common between the other name and a name labelled "Do not use" |
| maiden | A name used prior to marriage. Marriage naming customs vary greatly around the world. This name use is for use by applications that collect and store "maiden" names. Though the concept of maiden name is often gender specific, the use of this term is not gender specific. The use of this term does not imply any particular history for a person�s name, nor should the maiden name be determined algorithmically. |
| search | A name intended for use in searching or matching. |
| phonetic | The name as understood by the data enterer, i.e. a close approximation of a phonetic spelling of the name, not based on a phonetic algorithm. |
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