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title: Person Name Guide
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# Person Name Guide

Please read through the [Person Names Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit) while you are working on [/ Miscellaneous / Person Name Formats](https://st.unicode.org/cldr-apps/v#/USER/PersonNameFormats/). 

That guide is embedded below, but it may be easier just to open up the [Person Names Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit) in a separate window, because the embedded window requires scrolling, and we can't link directly to sections in the document within this page.

The main topics are:

- [Version 44 Changes](/translation/miscellaneous-person-name-formats) — *this section is important; please read carefully.*
- [Why do we need formatting for people’s names?](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.wqpdugycqnvg)
- [Starting out](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.q7f5rnykj886)
- [Name Order For Locales](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.xquzeu24o1qf)
- [AuxiliaryItems](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.b6xr0arybp08)
- [Sample Name Fields For X](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.qr8y56vvjgr8)
- [Name Patterns](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mjxIHsb97Og8ub6BKWxOihcHz7zjU4GdFkIxWHGAtes/edit#heading=h.3me9x0ulvxtz)