Names Discussion
There is some complex discussion about how the names system in GRAMPS can be improved in future versions. There is a bug: http://www.gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=3161 and an email thread: http://www.nabble.com/Proposals-for-additional-name-fields-tt25356341.html
This page tries to collect and organise the discussion.
Contents
Definitions
Patronymic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic Middle name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_name Plural last names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_name#Spain_and_Latin_America
Example names and explanations
- Henri de Blier, son of Collard, sometimes referred to as Henri Collard de Blier
- João Soares de Sousa
- given name(s): João, middle name: Soares (first surname), surname: de Sousa (second surname)
- Joe (the hitter) Silva de Souares
- Given name: Joe, Nickname: The Hitter, Secondary surname: Silva, First surname: Souares, prefix to first surname: de
Options
(every idea we have for now)
Option 1
[Given Names] [Middle Name(s)] [Family Name] Comments: (signed)
Option 2
[Given name] [Secondary Surnames] [Family Name] Comments: (signed)
Option 3
[Given Names][Family Name][Secondary Surnames] Comments: (signed)
Table of names
(to be populated once we have a proposed set of headings)