Request to change naming convention FIRST, MAIDEN, LAST Name - rather than MIDDLE name | General Feature Requests

Request to change naming convention FIRST, MAIDEN, LAST Name - rather than MIDDLE name

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Krithipa R

Many females attend school with their MAIDEN name and classmates only know them that way.

When they get married they often change to a new LAST name and others may not know them by that new name so they will search for their MAIDEN name.

December 7, 2023

Cherie D. Burkheiser

I suggest using the language of "Former Name" vs "Maiden Name" as there are many people who change their name for various reasons.

Brandon Michael Sweeney

I have an alternate stance on this.... A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS use their middle name or middle initial. We have gotten some rough responses back about not including middle names on mail in the past!

Therefore, I DO NOT SUGGEST a overall change to the Almabase platform regarding this but a change that would allow clients to select from settings how names should appear for their instance of Almabase!

Kanhai Shah

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Kanhai Shah

Would it work if we allow you to have a default name configuration at site level and then allow user's to change how they want to show it for them? and we use the same name format across site wherever we use the name?

Melinda Sue Burke

Kanhai Shah: Mindie B from Ohio Wesleyan, we use Nickname as part of the name tag too, so if I understand what you're saying, that at registration a guest could configure the name as it would appear on their name tag that they would use at an event.

Kanhai Shah

Melinda Sue Burke: For name tag specifically, you can add a field to ask for a name tag.

Name formatting will be applied at site level across all the places where you see alumni name, it will be in a format of what they would like to see if they have set specific format or it would be in the format site admin would have set up the name.

Lindsay Arnold Thompson

Yes, my team would like to be able to customize the auto-reply thank you emails after a gift is made to only merge in preferred name (nickname) to make it more personal. Sending the email to their First, Middle and Last Name makes it feel less personalized than not including name at all.

Kanhai Shah

Thank you for the feature request. We are having discussion around allowing to select name format for user so the preferred format can be visible everywhere on the platform. This is something we will work in Q1 2024.

Jasmine L Yang

I think Maiden Name should be an addition. We still require middle name to differentiate our alumni. Examples, it helps with very common names and for fathers and sons who are Jr. or Sr, I, II, III, etc.

Genevieve McCumiskey

Yes, our alumni prefer first maiden last. Most don't want their middle name listed.