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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by ChrisMarshallNY on Thursday August 31, 2023 @06:46AM (#37335141)
That's what we do, in our app.

People can write whatever they want, there, in whatever order they want. We only allow 255 characters, though, because we use classic VARCHAR, and index the field.

Some Spanish (as in Catalan) names can be downright legendary.

I support non-Roman character sets.

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by richie_adler on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:26AM (#37336097)
> Some Spanish (as in Catalan) names can be downright legendary.

Not only.

Argentinian national hero Manuel Belgrano had as full name Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano González.

Chilean painter Pablo Picasso's full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

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