Personal Descriptors

Name

Complete names are to be used if available.  No unit of a name or alias should be abbreviated unless the complete name exceeds the maximum field length.  Abbreviations such as FNU, LNU, MNU, NMI and NMN should not be used.

Apostrophes (O'Neal, O'Boyle) should be eliminated.

Additional Information:

Name Suffixes

Name Prefixes

Alias or Maiden Names

Compound Names/Hispanic Names

Oriental Names

Single Names

Gang or Street Names

No Middle Name