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Here are two references a quick Google search pulled up: <http://genealogy.about.com/od/naming_patterns/> <http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_personal_naming_conventio ns.html> Sorry, the second one wrapped, a cut and paste job ;-) The second also appears on a number of online encyclopedias . Personally, I think the ONIX solution Karen mentioned is the most elegant I have seen with the concept of a key name being brilliant. Doug On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:28:21 -0400 "Houghton,Andrew" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Andrew E Switala [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: 11 June, 2004 11:47 > > Subject: Re: [MODS] names and abbreviation > > > > Exercise: Convince a toff the hyphen in his name is just a > > display convention. :) > > As was pointed out to me by colleague, the hyphen in her name > *is* significant and the whole hyphenated name should be > treated as one piece. However, in other cultures the hyphen > *may* be a display convention. This is why trying to break > names, into pieces is so difficult. Different cultures use > different conventions. > > Does anyone have a reference, URL or otherwise, on how > different cultures construct names and conventions for > displaying those names? > > > Andy. > > --------------------------- Doug M-C Email: <lists AT morrison-cleary DOT info> Key ID: D5CC3E8F --------------------------- Email, signature, & copyright policies: <http://hildormen.net/policies.html>