a naming question

[rodlox]

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If someone has aliases or assumed names, you use "A.K.A."
(such as "Parker, a.k.a. Alice White" on Leverage)

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But what about when a real person has two real names, neither of which are false or pseudonyms?

such as:
James See & Tse Tsan Tai - the author of the book The Creation, the Garden of Eden, and the Origin of the Chinese in 1916

Comments

[lil_shepherd]

As "a.k.a" stands for "also known as" it does not imply a false identity. So you could have (though I wouldn't have said it to his face) Viscount Stansgate aka Anthony Wedgewood Benn aka Tony Benn. At the period that Tony Benn was trying to get rid of his title, he could legitimately have been known by all three names and the aka would be fine.

(Note to Rodlox - I ought to know better than to refer to a 30 year old fuss without looking up the title involved.)

[inamac]

As Lil says, you can use AKA for both pseudonyms and given names - but I'd generally expect to see 'alias' used for pseudonyms - 'Parker, alias Alice White', or the pseudonym included between the 'real' name 'Simon (The Saint) Templar'.

Which reminds me of the appalling practice of the press when referring to actors by their major roles - Daniel (James Bond) Craig - which is neither alias, pseudonym, nor 'aka'.