Practical International Data Management - name length

Examples

• Airline 'ban' on long name - A Swedish woman is not allowed on a plane because her name is too long to fit on a boarding card. Cached version
• Example of an aristocratic German name: Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg
• The full name of the sultan of Brunei is Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien
• Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson Wright

Processing

Depending on how a name is stored in your data file, we advise at least these field lengths:

• Form of address 30
• First given name 30
• Second given name 30
• Other given names 30
• Preferred calling name 30
• Full given name initials 15 (includes full stops between letters)
• Full middle initials 15 (includes full stops between letters)
• First surname 150
• Second surname 150
• Other surnames 150
• Academic title 30
• Seniority 30

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