At least you system is still in the Surname GivenN...

2008-08-08T18:15:00.000+08:00

At least you system is still in the Surname GivenName pattern .. thus making it easier to map FirstName:GivenName LastName:SurName ..

for us who doesnt have any pattern that can be mapped easily to FirstName LastName .. well .. were basically out of luck .. the only choice .. is to change the name to another name that match the pattern , either by removing words from name .. or rearrange the words .. even if it means changing the name altogether ..

Count yourself lucky. That's not the case for Chin...

2008-08-08T00:14:00.000+08:00

Count yourself lucky. That's not the case for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and many other Asian people.

My name is spelt 'See Guo Lin'. 'See' is my surname, while 'Guo Lin' is personal name. Putting in a Western name context, 'See' is my last name, 'Guo' is my first name, and 'Lin' is my middle name. The first word in my name as my last name, the middle as my first name, and the last as my middle name. Confusing, huh? Putting them together, my name in the Western form is 'Guo Lin See'. And for Westerners, middle names can often be omitted, which results in 'Guo L. See' or 'Guo See' as my name.

In the context of my name, separating 'Guo' and 'Lin' is comparable to separating Jeremy into 'Jer' and 'Emy', or Nicholas into 'Nic' and 'Cholas'. The resulting names maybe acceptable by some, but not in my case. I think calling me only 'Guo' or 'Lin' not only sounds awful, but it also loses the meaning behind my name. =(

I remember in Facebook, I put my first name as 'Guo', middle name as 'Lin', and last name as 'See'. Facebook displayed my name as 'Guo Lin See', 'Guo L. See', 'Guo See', 'Guo' depending on the context. All three of them don't make sense to me. After several changes, I finally resorted in putting 'Guo Lin' as my first name, and 'See' as my last name. Facebook displays my name as 'Guo Lin See' or 'Guo Lin'. Although 'Guo Lin See' is not exactly in correct sequence, this way of defining my names is the best possible resolution I can come out with in order to make 'Guo Lin' appear as a single entity that is not separated, while preserving the surname in the last name field.

Sigh~` They could have made it possible for us to configure the way and the sequence we present our names.

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At least you system is still in the Surname GivenN...

Count yourself lucky. That's not the case for Chin...