Forms of Western names


	firstname, middlename, surname



example

	JANE LOUISE SMITH



Written forms


	Jane

	Jane Smith

	Jane Louise Smith

	Smith, Jane

	Smith, Jane Louise

	J Smith

	J L Smith

	Miss Jane Smith

	Jane L Smith



Spoken forms


	Jane

	Jane Smith

	Miss Smith



Mr	Man

Miss	Unmarried woman

Mrs	Married Woman


Some people have two or more middle names, some have none. If there are two or more middle names, all are used

together.



Case

The first letter of each word should be uppercase, the remaining letters all uppercase or lowercase.



Irish and Scottish surnames


e.g.

MacDonald


The 'c' or 'ac' should always be lowercase

The letter after the 'Mc' or 'Mac' should always be uppercase

The remaining letters should all be uppercase or all lowercase.







