name grammar

The name grammar is found in the sets PII, PHI, PCI.

entity description examples components checksum
name/CC A full personal name. Romanized names can be in title case or upper case, and can be in the order given name surname or surname given name. CJKVT native script names must be surname given name. For Japanese, either form can include honorifics.1 John Smith ✔️
name/given_name/context/CC A given name with context. For CJKVT the context landmark should be in CJKVT native script. Forename: John
名前: 恵
✔️
name/given_name/landmark/CC A given name landmark. For CJKVT it will be in native script. Forename
名前
name/given_name/nocontext/CC A given name, without context. John
直樹
name/landmark/CC A full name landmark. 名前
name
name/post_title/CC A title that follows a name. Esq
name/pre_title/CC A title that precedes a name. Ms
name/surname/context/CC A surname with context. For CJKVT the landmark will be in native script Surname: Smith
名字: 山田
✔️
name/surname/landmark/CC A surname landmark. Surname
名字
name/surname/nocontext/CC A surname without context. Smith
山田
name/title_surname/CC A title and surname. Mr. Smith
譚医生
✔️

The following components are produced by the above entities.

components description examples context
FORENAME forename of an individual MOHAMMED Mohammed Hussein
INITIAL initial, as part of a name A A. Buajan Junior
PATRONYMIC patronymic ДМИТРИЕВНА Анастасия Дмитриевна Смирнова
POST_TITLE post title of an individual JR Klaus Acar Jr
PRE_TITLE pre-title as part of a name MR Mr Anatoli Salich Jr
SURNAME surname/family name of an individual HUSSEIN Mohammed Hussein
SURNAMEPREFIX prefix of a surname AL Wassim Al Kaabi

In the tables, ✔️ indicates that the item is always used, and ❌ that the item is never used. The ✓ symbol indicates that the item is only used for some entities (that is, for some but not all countries or languages). For details, refer to the relevant entity page.