Ask HN: Full name vs. first/middle/last name?

Re:Ask HN: Full name vs. first/middle/last name? by gregjor on Friday October 18, 2024 @08:59PM (#41884805)

Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

> I've worked at California based tech companies with global reach, and I've personally never met someone who had a different name standard that wasn't met by the first/middle/last convention.

More likely you’ve only met people who Anglicized their name to conform to American expectations, forms, and web sites. Do you really think Chinese parents name their kids Sam and Emily?

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Re:Ask HN: Full name vs. first/middle/last name? by Suppafly on Saturday October 19, 2024 @01:44AM (#41885878)

>Do you really think Chinese parents name their kids Sam and Emily?

I feel like he might.

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Re:Ask HN: Full name vs. first/middle/last name? by gregjor on Saturday October 19, 2024 @08:45AM (#41887469)

My wife has no middle name. Not a thing in her culture.

Many East Asian names have the family name first, given name last. Hard to overlook such a large percentage of global population, but that happens with slim anecdotal evidence.

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Re:Ask HN: Full name vs. first/middle/last name? by moomoo11 on Saturday October 19, 2024 @05:43PM (#41890989)

Bro I'm an immigrant myself. In the US and Canada they legally use first/middle/last name.

I'm glad I asked but seems like everyone here is more concerned with making bad faith assumptions and leaving the same link over and over (which even mentions it is impossible to get names right - aka just do what works for 99% and move on)

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