What is First Name? What are Last Name, Middle Name, and Full Name? How to fill in a complete name.

What is First Name? This is a question that many people encounter when filling out transactions, forms in English. So what does this term mean, let’s find out through the article below by FPT Shop.

What is First Name?

First Name is understood as the first name, this word is usually used by everyone. And this term is called Forename or Given Name in English. In some specific cases, First Name may include the middle name as well.

For example: Hằng, Hạ, Hân, Nhi,… these are First Names.

Vietnamese people often call each other by the last name, so in many cases, the first name will be right before the last name and can be mistaken for the middle name. For example: Lê Thành Dương’s last name (Last Name) is “Le”, middle name (Middle Name): “Thanh Duong”,first name (First Name): “Duong”.

What is Last Name, Middle Name, and Full Name?

In addition to understanding what First Name is, we need to understand the parts that make up a name. This will help you distinguish each component in your name.

Last Name

Last Name is the last name, as foreigners usually put their last names at the end. However, in Vietnam, Last Name will be at the beginning (which means the last name). Some other words that have the same meaning as Last Name are Family Name, Surname.

In foreign countries, the last name is used to show formality. For example, when calling someone with a full name like Christian Adam Jack, they will call that person Mr. Jack. As for Vietnam, if we call Nguyễn Mỹ Hạnh according to foreign countries – Mrs. Nguyễn, it doesn’t sound right because there are many Nguyễns in Vietnam, so we won’t know who we’re calling.

Middle Name

Middle means in the middle, and in Vietnam, we often call it the middle name, which is the part between the last name and the first name.

In the example above, your Middle Name would be Mỹ. Usually, Middle Name can be abbreviated, Nguyễn Mỹ Hạnh = Nguyễn M.Hạnh or Christian Adam Jack = Christian A. Jack.

Full Name

Full Name means “complete”. Full Name is your full name. For example, Nguyễn Mỹ Hạnh is your full name.

How to write the last name, first name correctly in English?

In Vietnamese, we write the last name before the first name. However, in English, it is different, so follow the standard way of writing names in English:

Full Name = First Name + Middle Name + Last Name.

So when you do transactions, documents in English, pay attention to write your name correctly. For example, if your Vietnamese name is Phạm Duy Thuận, when converted to English it becomes Thuận Duy Phạm.

Differentiating between Last Name and First Name

In terms of definition, First Name is the name given from birth to death. Last Name is the name preserved from one generation to another by people who are related by blood.

In terms of culture, we can see the most obvious difference is the culture of the East and the West. The East will write the last name first and the first name last; however, in Western countries, it is the opposite, with the first name first and the last name last. In Western countries, when people call each other, they often call by the Last Name to show respect. For example, if someone’s full name is John Christiana, they will call that person Mr. Christiana. However, in Vietnam, if we call Lê Dương Bảo Lâm according to the Western way, it sounds funny because there are many Lê’s in Vietnam and it leads to many people having the same name. So we cannot use this way of calling names in Vietnamese.

In terms of usage of these two terms:

– First Name is the name of Christian followers and is used in a friendly but not formal situation. On the other hand, Last Name is the name of the family and is used in formal situations.

– Title + Last Name is used for titles and last names. This use is used when addressing superiors.

– Call First Name when calling someone by their first name and is usually used when communicating with someone who has an equal or lower status than you.

– Only call Last Name with famous people like actors, singers, etc.

– Call First and Last Name: Call the full name to clearly identify the object being referred to.

+ Meaning:

– First Name is used when calling an individual in situations that are less important and have a close relationship with the person being called.

– People often use the Last Name when serious and use it for all members of a family. The Last Name is the name that appears last when writing someone’s name in English.

How to fill in the last name and first name in English?

When you perform transactions, documents that have both Vietnamese and English language. You need to make sure to fill in your last name and first name correctly according to the required language.

For example, your name is Hứa Vĩ Văn, you can write it as follows:

+ First Name: Hứa

+ Last Name: Van Vi Hua

Or as a second way, you can write:

+ First Name: Vi Van

+ Last Name: Hua

Or:

+ First Name: Van

+ Last Name: Hua

+ Full Name: Van Vi Hua

If there are three fields to fill in: First Name, Middle Name, and Last Name, you should fill in as follows:

+ First Name: Van

+ Middle Name: Vi

+ Last Name: Hua

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