Personal name
A personal name is the label which identifies an individual person. It is a proper name; and it is usually made up of a given name plus a surname.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies that a child has the right from birth to a name.[1]
Personal Name Media
First/given, middle and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for the Anglosphere, among others. Other cultures use other structures for full names.
Haruko Momoi at the Anime Expo 2007 in Los Angeles; her name card features a spelling of her name ("Halko Momoi") written in Western order; in Japanese, her name is Momoi Haruko (桃井はるこ), written in Eastern order
A street sign for Adam Clark Square in Budapest. Note that the practice of rendering Western names in the Eastern name order has long been considered archaic in Hungarian.
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References
- ↑ Text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.