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Just as there are no standard address formats there are no standard name formats.
So I am not sure how it could be standardised.
So what tends to happen is that websites assume that the 'correct' format is the format used predominantly in their culture.
It's just one of those things one finds a way around when filling in this information. 
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: Just as there are no standard address formats there are no standard name
formats.
This is all bad at the back end, for a database being reviewed by different people in different cultures can e confusing.
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them!
Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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I remember working for a Spanish company - the address discussions took a few weeks to come to some sort of resolution considering our native database address representation worked for the US and UK.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Plus be aware of the different country/cultural differences.
Spain is quite strict regarding names, See Here[^].
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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My Name is: Mohammad Mostafa Mohammad
First Name: Mohammad
Middle Name: Mostafa
Last Name: Mohammad
Middle Name is father first name
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hm. so if you'd have a child you could name him theoretically Mohammad Mohammad Mohammad? 
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I can yes, but I'll name my first boy my father's name.
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So his name will be Mostafa Mohammad Mohammad, if I suspect right?
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You got that right.
In arab countries its this format:
First Name - Father First name - Family Name.
Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name
So what is your full name?
modified 11-Nov-13 4:43am.
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My full name is Marco Alessandro Bertschi - Marco is my first name, Bertschi the family name.
Alessandro is a second first name (I don't use it normally, since I think it would make my name simply too long).
I like the idea of your father's name being your second first name.
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Stop yer bitchin - I got stuck with a clan name as well, and they insist it is on the passport so with the confusion of where the surname lives in Asia I can be called Mr and of 3 out of 4 names for some reason they NEVER use McKay, the clan name, weird.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Maybe they think it is sort of a shortened first name, McKayla for example ? 
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Marco Bertschi wrote: I like the idea of your father's name being your second first name.
You should suggest it to your country 
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Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them!
Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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One of advantage of is that its all same name so whatever he fill in any form it will be correct.
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محمد م. محمد wrote: Middle Name is father first name
Now that is even more confusing. I thought that Last Name should be your fathers name, similar to a surname!
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them!
Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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Nope, in arab countries its this format:
First Name - Father First name - Family Name.
Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad Ali" is the first name
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I am just amazed by the big variation of such important fields! I have never thought of design consideration in any application I have ever built!
محمد م. محمد wrote: Some have double First name like "Mohammad Ali" like the famous boxer. "Mohammad
Ali" is the first name
How does he get around filling forms. See this post I was just shown: http://stilgherrian.com/category/only-one-name/[^]
Wamuti: Any man can be an island, but islands to need water around them!
Edmund Burke: No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
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It is quite common, and relatively widespread, its called a patronymic[^]. Even in the UK it as echos in surnames like Johnson/Thompson Benson etc, which originated as patronymics that "stuck".
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Plus there is the O', the Mac and the Ap to indicate it is from the father.
Fitz means 'bastard son of' so Fitzwilliam is the Bastard Son of William.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Some countries, like Australia, don't even require a surname. Like this guy.[^]
Pretty interesting, but I wouldn't want to have to explain that to every business interact with. Imagine how many software systems mandate a surname field be non-null
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Then there are people like this one: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/yorkshire-bank-loses-its-good-name/2022458.article[^] (old, contains a swear word for a surname).
Theoretically, you can change your name to anything - Prince did!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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It sure is an interesting field. It sure makes one think about all the assumptions going into designing software, i.e. they are probably all wrong
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And then there are those who name their child after an airline... (or an ordinal direction respectively)
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