Last name prefix for Germanic languages

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2 years 2 months ago #149874 by Eric de Waal
Last name prefix for Germanic languages was created by Eric de Waal
Hi,

In Germanic languages last names often consist of 2 parts: the actual last name and a prefix.
Example my own last name: prefix: "de",  last name: "Waal".
Or the  President of the European Commission : prefix: "von der",  last name: "Leyen".
In most countries last names are sorted without the prefix, so in a phone directory these are listed as "Waal, de" and "Leyen, von der".
Is it possible to ad a prefix field for the name?
And then concatenate first+prefix+last for the full name in Joomla users etc, but use the "Leyen, von der" notation in lists etc?

Best,
Eric

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1 year 10 months ago #152139 by Seán Ó Séaghdha
Replied by Seán Ó Séaghdha on topic Last name prefix for Germanic languages
This would apply to many European languages, certainly Romance languages and Irish, where names are often sorted without Ó and Mac.

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