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→Preferred name section
The name fields of the preferred name in the {{man label|Person Editor}} are:
*{{man label|Type}} of the name (birth name, married name, nick name, short name, etc.). It is advised to use for the preferred name a name with legal tender as that is what most often is found on documents, and store other name types in the {{man label|Name}} tab of the {{man label|Person Editor}}.*{{man label|Given name}}, the person's given name(s)*{{man label|Family Suffix}}, an optional suffix to the name, such as ''Jr.'' or ''III''*{{man label|Surname}}, the part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs . Using the Add button, the {{man label|Multiple Surnames}} entry box will become visible, allowing to enter compound surnames (for example for patronimics, or compound matrilineal-patrilinial names)*{{man label|Family Surname prefix}}, an optional prefix for the family name that is not used in sorting, such as ''de'' or ''van'' and {{man label|Suffix}}, an optional suffix to the name, such as ''Jr.'' or ''III'', selector*{{man label|PatronymicOrigin}}, which is the component origin type of a personal the name based on . This is meta information about the name of one's father, grandfather, and surname which can be important in genealogical research*{{man label|Title}}, which is a title used to refer to the person such as ''Dr.'' or ''Rev.'', selector, *{{man label|Nick Name}}, is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official given name. If a Nick name is a full name construct, use a specific name type ''Also known as'' instead of the Nick field.
*{{man label|Call name}}, officially this is the part of the given name that is the normally used name. Eg, a person can have 3 given names as in ''Jean Baptiste Jules'', where in reality only ''Baptiste'' is used. In Germany and some other places, it was customary to underline the callname among the different given names, see also [[Names_in_Gramps#Call_Name|here]]. Some people will use this field also for nickname, or changes to the Given name (like Cristy for Cristina), but this is not the intended use. A call name is a proper legal name. For nick names, or short name variants, you should create an alternative name with a different type.
The {{man label|Family name}} and {{man label|Type}} fields provide an "autocompletion" feature: as you type in these fields, a menu appears below the field containing database entries that match your partial input. This gives you a shortcut by letting you select an entry that already exists in the database rather than having to type it all out. You can select the entry using your mouse or using your arrow and '''Enter''' keys.
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