Assume my name is: Tan Hok Sin

When fill form, it ask for

First Name:_____________
Last Name:_____________

So which is which, pls help. Thanks


This post has been edited by tanhks: Aug 27 2008, 05:51 PM

First! Tan

Last Name: hks

First name : Hok Sin
Last name : Tan

surname will be last name

First Name : Tan Ah Piao
Last Name: n/a

First name: Tan Hok
Last name: Sin

Wait a minute...surname is Tan or Sin???

It would be helpful if you'd tell us what YOUR surname is. I'm not making any assumptions here.

This is correct

first name = personal name = given name = hok sin
last name = surname = family name = tan

how about

bryan tan hok sin

first name - ?
last name - ?

It's the English style of writing the name. Over here in Malaysia we have fields for name and sometimes we see underline your surname.

winrar

following the convention:

first name = bryan hok sin
last name = tan

"bryan hok sin tan" may appear like so in your....eg. "library card"

Yes, Tan is family name.

To AskarPerang, Never heard people have Sin as family name!

This post has been edited by tanhks: Aug 27 2008, 06:15 PM

I know a person with that surname....

http://dumbo9.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-name-ismy-name-is.html

her blog... lol

This post has been edited by J-Slade: Aug 27 2008, 06:15 PM

You should put a note at the bottom of the form - "stop messing around with our Asian names".

first name : ah kau
last name : tan

first name: gao zhai
lat name: sei

first name: hai chai
last name: so

last name will always b ur surname

福星?

On the contrary, that only fits western styled name.
In Chinese name:

first name = surname = family name = tan
last name = given name = hok sin

For malay

first name = given name = abu bakar
last name = father's name = bin Mohd.

If don't know, don't teach. Malaysia education has already been very bad.

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Added on August 28, 2008, 8:14 amBryan Tan Hok Sin

You will only see this kind of name legally registered in Malaysia and Singapore.

i.e. First Name - Last Name - First Name

To me it's either legally registered to be Bryan Tan or Tan Hok Sin



This post has been edited by p4n6: Aug 28 2008, 08:14 AM

Rubbish for the chinese name part ..
first name = given name
last name = surname

Well, if the last name is the surname, then why would the surname appear FIRST in a chinese name?

Uhhh cause its like that? Lastname memang for surname/family name.

No it isn't.

It is because of 3rd world countries like us wiping @ss with westerners.

First name and Last name only applied to western enlgish speaking countries in which their surname is located LAST. The maiden name is the Middle name.

For Chinese names, the surname is located FIRST, followed by the given name LAST

Indian and malay names do not have surnames, but their father's name at the back.

So it is very wrong for any of us to put our surnames as last.

If you let the damn angmoh dictate how you should name your name, then put your head into the ground like an ostrich, for it is a disgrace!

uhh We are talking about the fields on the form. If you fill it wrong, your info will come out wrong. Simple as that. Just filling a form, don't have to think so complicated about wiping whos a$$ and crap. First name implies the name given to you, last name implies the name of your family... period.

Don't talk about disgrace and stuff. I am pretty sure half the thing in your life came from westerners as well. In fact I would say its actually have already invaded your life.

Regardless.
Those forms are for westerners. Our locally made forms usually do not have first, middle and last name.
The problem with those forms is that the english has a very bad habit of rearranging your name thereafter, so even if you do fill in Last name as your surname, your name will come out crap like Ah Piau Tan

Sure they have. When i spread my legs and bare my chest, they are IN me instantly.

So if its a western form no need fill? Fill wrongly just for the sake of proving the point?

First Name:__Tak som bong___________
Last Name:__Tak som bong___________

This post has been edited by [W]ee[D]: Aug 28 2008, 05:21 PM

If your first name is TAN, then write TAN
But the problem is, they will rearrange your name to be "Last Name, First Name" or "First Name Last Name"

If it is the former, then Tan, Ah Piao seems ok but with the comma
If it is the latter, Ah Piao Tan seems so wrong.

Alternately, one can leave the last name blank and see what happens. Certain systems will trigger an error..but thats not our problem

Also, for malays, do they write their father's name in the Last name?

First Name: Tan
Middle Name: Hok
Last Name: Sin

family name or surname = last name

your name = first name.

Ah Piao Tan

How about this?

eg. Michael Chan Beng Siaw

I've seen forms like this:

First name:
Middle name:
Other given names:

Last/ Family name is clear = Chan.

This post has been edited by rcracer: Aug 29 2008, 12:44 PM

IMO, just fill it according to the order of your name.

In this case,
First: Tan
Last: Hok Sin

So that your name will appear as Tan Hok Sin later.

If you put
First: Hok Sin
Last: Tan

It will appear as Hok Sin Tan, just like our Chong Wei LEE

If it's John Tan, then
First: John
Last: Tan

That's the way I use to make sure my name doesn't goes wrong.