Installing a particular program or registering on a foreign site often requires filling out a form where there are columns such as Last Name and First Name. Despite the fact that today English is quite common, many users of the Internet or programs often have difficulties or doubts. The information below will help you avoid mistakes during registration.
When registering on sites, boxes, filling out questionnaires, you must specify information about the user, personal and / or contact information. The first thing to write is the first and last name - "First Name" and "Last Name". The word "Name" is familiar to many, it is translated as "name". The words First and Last are misleading. Where to write the last name, and where the first name, not everyone knows.
So, we explain: Name is a name, Last Name is a surname, in English it is also denoted by the words Surname or Family Name. By the way, in addition to the name and surname, some Americans also have a middle name or patronymic - Middle Name, given at birth (often this is generally any word they like). For example, John Lennon's full name is John Winston Lennon, where Winston is his middle name. This is, of course, information for general development, for registration to use Internet resources, such details are not required.
Thus, in the First Name field we write our name, and in the Last Name or Surname translation we write our last name. It looks like this:
First Name: Ana (Ann)
Last Name: Simonova
So we figured it out, everything, it turns out, is not so difficult.
Other items in filling out the questionnaires
The need to fill out some form for registration on the site or a questionnaire arises not only when working on the Internet. At the airports of some countries, upon arrival, they also give you a card to fill out. The information that needs to be entered in both the first and second cases is approximately the same. You can translate incomprehensible or unfamiliar words from English into Russian using an online translator. But sometimes this is not possible, so watch and remember!
Account Information - what does account information mean:
* Login or username: account name or username - maybe even made up.
* Password: a password consisting of letters and numbers (you must remember it or write it down);
* Re-Password: -here you need to repeat the password;
* Email address: email address;
* Re-Email address: repeat e-mail;
Member/User Information - Personal information about the user
*First Name: Name
* Middle Name: Middle name
* Last Name: Surname
sometimes instead of the above three columns there is one Full Name / Your Name: I.O.F.
* Age: age;
* Date of birth: date of birth;
* Gender: Male/Female - gender: male/female;
* Address: street/house/apartment
* City/Town: city/town
* ZIP/Postal Code: postal code
* Country: Country of residence
Phone #: - phone number with country code, area code.
On various resources, some form elements may be missing. Markings in the form of an asterisk, highlighting in red or bold type mean that the columns must be filled in without fail.
If you know English, then it is impossible to confuse First Name and Last Name and other words found in questionnaires, registration forms and various documents. Therefore, learn English, open up more opportunities for yourself!
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There has long been a lively discussion among Russian speakers about the so-called "thousand shades of name" in English. It would seem that everything is simple: first name, last name and patronymic - all that is needed for a successful acquaintance. However, the English language, as always, breaks stereotypes and heads for Russian speakers: they have first name, last name, middle name, surname, given name, Christian name, and family name, and all this together is generally a complex name. So the first time and do not figure out how to introduce yourself.
He will probably be asked at the first meeting. In English, the first name is, if translated literally, the "first name", that is, simply the name - the one that people usually use, the personal name given at birth. He is often asked when registering on English-language resources, when filling out documents in English, and when making purchases on the Internet through American and English payment systems.
In everyday life, it is quite possible to hear the following remarks:
- My first name is Daniel, but my friends call me Danny, and so you can. - My name is Daniel, but my friends call me Danny, and you can too.
- What is your first name, sir? Can I use it for us to communicate less formal? - What is your name, sir? May I address you by your first name in order to change to a less formal tone?
- I would like to change my first name because I don "t really like to be called Cristine, I feel more like Janette. - I would like to change my name, because I really don't really like it when people call me Christine ; I feel more like Jeanette.
If it is required to indicate the first name during registration, Russian speakers can safely indicate their name.
Last name, unlike first name, is, paradoxically, not quite a name. That is, of course, if translated literally, this phrase means "last name." However, if the translation into Russian gave some hint to the meaning of the phrase first name, then for the last name it only confuses the Russian-speaking person. In fact, everything is simple: the last name is the last name.
- My last name is Brown, and I "m very proud of it, because the Browns always used to be talented and honest! - My last name is Brown, and I'm very proud of it, because the Browns have always been famous for their talent and honesty!
- I used to be known as Mary Smith, but now I married Robert Fisher and changed my last name. People call me Mary Fisher now. - I was known as Mary Smith, but I married Robert Fisher and changed my last name. Now they call me Mary Fisher.
If, when registering or filling out documents, it is required to indicate the last name, it is definitely a surname.
middle name
In modern English there is no concept of "patronymic". If first name is the first name, then middle name is the middle name, which often puts Russian speakers in a logical impasse. In fact, many Americans, British, Australians and other English-speaking people have middle names. For example:
- Joanne Kathleen Rowling is the author of the Harry James Potter series of books.
- John Winston Lennon is one of the founding members of The Beatles.
- John Christopher "Johnny" Depp is a famous actor.
In official documents, the middle name is often not fully specified. It is replaced by the initial: Joan K. Rawlin."
Surname
With this English term, everything is extremely simple: it literally means what Russian speakers call a surname. Although this word seems simpler than the strange last name, it is used much less often.
Another option for how to call a surname in English. Of course, there are slight differences here. For example, in the example already given above, in which the girl changes her last name from Smith to Fisher, her family name - her family's surname - will remain Smith, and surname will change.
Translated into Russian - almost the same as first name. This is the "given name", that is, the name that was given to a person at birth. Of course, they may differ. For example:
- My given name is John, but I changed it two years ago, so now my first name "s James. - At birth, I was given the name "John", but I changed it two years ago; now my name is James.
In official documents and when registering on websites, the term given name is not used, but it may well occur in colloquial speech or in literature.
Literally translated - "Christian name", that is, the name that was given to a person at baptism. It rarely differs from the first name and is naturally absent from representatives of another religion.
Complex name
A complex or full name in English includes first, middle, and last names. Sometimes a person may not have a middle name, or there may be several (remember, for example, the famous joke about the full name of Pablo Picasso, which includes at least a dozen complex middle names).
Despite the fact that this system of names in English seems incredibly illogical and complex, with the proper desire to understand it, it will not be at all difficult.
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Last ,name noun count * the name that you share with the other members of your family and in English is at the end of your full name. british usually surname … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
last name- n especially AmE a surname … Dictionary of contemporary English
last name- last' name' n. surname 1) Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
last name- NOUN ▪ one s surname … English terms dictionary
last name- n. SURNAME … English World dictionary
last name- In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man's last name was probably the term by which he was most often addressed. Such usage has largely given way in modern times to use of his first name. It was always much rarer for a woman to be… …
last name- noun the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member s given name) Syn: surname, family name, cognomen Hypernyms: name Hyponyms: maiden name * * * … Useful english dictionary
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