Template:Family name hatnote

In this article, the surname is {{{1}}}.

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Usage

This template is put at the top of a biographical article to explain to readers which part of a name is the family name.

This template has one required parameter, and multiple optional parameters:

• |1=, required, the surname or family name of the subject.
• |2=, optional, triggers different text based on the language (see below). Required for |lang=Manchu
• |3=, optional, for transliterated names or there are multiple name types
• |nd=, optional, use this parameter for Dutch names when a marital name is involved
• |lang=, optional, the country/origin of the name; links to related articles if they exist

Supported languages

The |lang= parameter will trigger a link to <lang> name (for example, Arabic name) if the page exists. Exceptions are listed below:

Caption text

Language	Article
Hmong	Hmong people
Ijebu	Ijebu Kingdom, Yoruba name
Ottoman Turkish	Ottoman Turkish language
Romance	Romance languages
Telugu	Telugu name
Toponymic	third parameter is linked
Turkic	Turkic languages

Examples

First parameter only

Regardless of language, this template requires a first parameter.

• {{Family name hatnote|Simpson}}:
  In this article, the surname is Simpson.
• {{Family name hatnote|Van der Sar|lang=Dutch}}:
  In this article, the surname is Van der Sar.
• {{Family name hatnote|Namık Kemal|lang=Ottoman Turkish}}:
  In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Namık Kemal. There is no family name.
• {{Family name hatnote|Example|lang=Burmese}}:
  In this article, the given name is Example. There is no family name.

Second parameter

The second parameter triggers different wording depending on the language.

Language	Example Output
Argentine Dutch (if |nd=y)	In this article, the birth surname is Noordewier and the marital name is Reddingius.
Catalan	In this article, the first or paternal surname is Miró and the second or maternal family name is Ferrà; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Congolese	In this article, the surname is Tshisekedi and the post-surname is Tshilombo.
Spanish	In this article, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.
Basque Galician	In this article, the first surname is Arana and the second is Goiri.
Chinese Chinese Indonesian	In this article, the family name is Han and Su is a generation name.
Dutch (no |nd=) Germanic Romance	In this article, the surname is Van der Sar, not Sar.
Korean	In this article, the family name is Lee. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Han.
Slavic Turkic	In this article, the surname is Wołkowski, sometimes transliterated as Wolkowski.
Cambodian Hmong Vietnamese	In this article, the surname is Phan. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Khải.
Manchu	In this article, the given name is Oboi. In accordance with Manchu custom, it should be used alone or with titles but not with the clan name Gūwalgiya.
Ottoman Turkish	In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Osman Hamdi, the title is Bey, and there is no family name.
Mongolian	In this article, the given name is Tsedenbal. Yumjaagiin is a patronymic, not a family name.
All others	"A, not B": In this article, the surname is Wilson, not Clark.

Third parameter

With the exception of |lang=Toponymic, the third parameter is used for transliterated names and/or a second name type

Language	Example Output
Toponymic	In this English name, the toponymic surname is London. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Edward.
Ottoman Turkish	In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Ali, the title is Pasha, and the family name is Çandarlızade.
Manchu Vietnamese	In this article, the surname is Ngô, but is often simplified to Ngo in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Diệm.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using family name hatnote with no first parameter (0)

See also

• WP:SUR

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