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YesJustWolf commented on Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designing interfaces?    · Posted by u/evolve2k
muzani · 2 years ago
Just have a single "name field" and maybe preferred name, which is not the same. The family/given name format doesn't make much sense here.

Indian name: Sathiavelllu Arunachalam, known as SA or Seth

SE Asian ethnic Chinese names: Harry Lee Kuan Yew, (English name) (Surname) (Given name). Hated the name Harry and got it removed, though many Chinese are referred to by an English name.

Indonesian name: Fatimah Azzahra (given name only)

Malaysian name: Sharifah Azizah binti Syed Ahmad Tarmizi, (honorific surname: Sharifah) (given name: Azizah) (patronym) (father's honorific surname: Syed) (father's given name: Ahmad Tarmizi)

YesJustWolf · 2 years ago
And don't forget people with just a single name. Filling in computer forms that require two names is the bane of my existence.

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