Explanation Guide on Name Format - NUS

[Pages:2]Explanation Guide on Name Format

Please ensure your name submitted is in accordance to your Identification Card or Passport (Please put the dash symbol `-' in the Family Name or Given Name field if it is not applicable )

Ethnicity

Last Name (LN)

First Name (FN)

Example

Chinese

[also termed as: Family Name Surname ]

1st word

[also termed as: Given Name ]

Remaining word(s)

Tan Bee Leng, Jessie LN: Tan

FN: Bee Leng, Jessie

1st word after Christian Remaining word(s) name

David Yeo Zhi Wei LN: Yeo

Malay

Remaining word(s)

1st word

FN: Zhi Wei, David Ali Mohd Hassan LN: Mohd Hassan

FN: Ali

Words after "Bin/Bte"

Words before "Bin/Bte" Ali Bin Mohd Hassan LN: Bin Mohd Hassan

FN: Ali (Bin and Bte to be in LN)

Fatimah Bte Ahmed

LN: Bte Ahmed FN: Fatimah

(Bin and Bte to be in LN)

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Ethnicity

Last Name (LN)

Indian

[also termed as: Family Name

Surname ]

Remaining word(s)

Words after "S/O or D/O"

Others

Remaining word(s)

(Caucasians)

First Name (FN) [also termed as: Given Name ]

1st word

Words before "S/O or D/O"

1st word

Example

Lashimi Ramasamy LN: Ramasamy FN: Lashimi Ravi S/O Ramasamy LN: S/O Ramasamy FN: Ravi (S/O and D/O to be in LN) Devi D/O Rajaratnam LN: D/O Rajaratnam FN: Devi (S/O and D/O to be in LN) Jacob Weller LN: Weller FN: Jacob

Others

Last word

Remaining word(s)

Aung Myo Lwin

LN: Lwin

FN: Aung Myo

Note: Please put the dash symbol `-' in the Family Name or Given Name field if it is not applicable

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