Don't Give Your Baby Long Name

[hydemyself]

The birth of a baby, especially the first one, would surely excite any parents and grandparents. Engulfed by the euphoria, they usually prepare the name for the baby months prior the birth. Not only the baby's parents, but also the grandparents.

Comments

[mrsmisser]

we don't at all have that problem here, if you have 6 names and there aren't room for all your names you are allowed to write only first and last name, also when I travel they only look at first and last name never the middle names.

but I can understand that it most be frustrating...

[hydemyself]

We also use abbreviation in most cases but when it comes to official paperworks, like passport and education certificate, our full name must be written according to our birth certificate.

Plus, there's no first name-last name concept here in Indonesia. Most Indonesian don't attach their parents name (last name) in their full name. Like mine. I only use it in certain occasion. For this journal I use my mother's family name while in real life I usually use my father's. So people know me as Ran Zainuddin (Ran is my first name) in net world and Rissa Ngoesman (Rissa is the abbreviation of the hospital's name where I was born) is my professional name.

Well, I guess every country applies different policy =)

[mrsmisser]

then what is your real name it sounds very confussing ^^ ...but yeah every country have their own concept about that...I have changed my name a couple of times, due to marriage and so on, but here the given name is always the same, and your last name then change when you get married if you want to, children usually is given their fathers last name here...or their mothers if it is a single mother ^^

[hydemyself]

Both Ran and Rissa are my real name. They're part of my full name =D

In Indonesia, it's not mandatory to use your spouse's name. So eventhough we're married, most of us still use our virgin name. Some even preserve their family (father/mother) name even after marriage. Each province in Indonesia has different tradition. Since I'm half Javanese, I don't attach my spouse's name.

And we don't need to re-register our name change after marriage. For example, my spouse's name is Michalsky (not real name). After marriage, I might use Ran Michalsky in public but I don't have to register this name to the civil registration bureau. The name written in my ID card or passport would still be my virgin name. And that virgin name is the only one that is valid for official business.

[tekkichan2]

memange jenengmu dowone sak pira buk kok sampe gak cukup neng paspor ?? dowo endi karo asmane mamahku ----> Theodora Misgina Retnowindarsineta

[hydemyself]

Sakjane cuma empat kata, tapi per kata jumlah hurufe akeh Buk. Dadi nang paspor cukup telung kata tok XD