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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by rob74 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @05:32AM (#37334588)
In Hungary it's also last name first, both officially and informally - not sure if it's some Asian influence or something else...
Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by hinata08 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:01AM (#37334777)
France as well

I believe that it's mostly the English speaking world that is strict with having "first name" first and "last name" last.

It's not an Asian cultural feature to have family name first, but it's an English speaking thing to have it last.

OP isn't trying to use his software in Asia specifically. He's just adapting to non US market.

Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by jimktrains2 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:00AM (#37335819)
In the English-speaking world (or at least in the USA) we sort by last name, so any list of names you get is always last, first. For that reason many forms (though not all) will have the last name as the first thing you fill in.
Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by retrac on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:49AM (#37337132)
French uses the same convention as English. First then last. No one would ever say, or write, "Macron Emmanuel est le président de la France".

In languages like Japanese or Hungarian, that's what family name first means.

Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by TRiG_Ireland on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:33PM (#37342529)
If you were writing a letter to him, though, you might put his name on the envelope as MACRON Emmanuel.