What if I only have one? Is "last" my family name or the...

Asko P. What do you guys think of this signup page design? asko.press/2016060...

Martijn Do you really need two fields to ask for a name? w3.org/Internation...

Asko P. Yes, in that I need to know what is the first and the last name.

Martijn What if I only have one? Is "last" my family name or the name that is written last? Some more questions like that are put forward in the article I linked. I am a stickler for this as I have an easy, ASCII writable, European name and software still messes up capitalisation when they make me put my family name in a separate field.

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Mark Dain Is it "Mr Van der Ven"? or "Mr van der Ven"?

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Martijn The second. Although try convincing software of that. I also expect my name to be sorted under "Ven", ignoring the "van der". Wikipedia will inform you on collation and capitalisation: en.wikipedia.org/w...

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Asko P. Having an O in my last/family name makes a lot of software also mess up and use O instead. I don't have a middle name, just first and last, but in case I use one input, how would I know how to split it up into a use case where I need to display "Hello, John!"?

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Mark Dain Full name and Display name? Perhaps with an auto fill of the first word when they setup the account? I'd probably use my handle for display :P

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Martijn How would you know what part of a name to display for Mao Ze Dong? Or what if he enters Mao Ze Dong ? (Family name - generational name - given name, in that order, by the way.)

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