GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 507514
2nd name management in contacts doesn't correspond with spanish and latin culture
Last modified: 2021-05-19 11:55:51 UTC
The way evolution manages 1st and 2nd name in contact perhaps correspond with USA culture, but not with latin one. I entend that in USA culture the 1st name is important, while the 2nd is not: a person is called with its 1st name without the 2nd. However, in Spain an in Latin America many time the 2nd name is integral part of the person's name. Many persons are called with both the 1st and 2nd name. If I put in a contact Miguel (name) Ángel (2nd name) López Henríquez (surnames), in the contact list, the field "archive as" presents only three possibilities: - Miguel López Henríquez - López Henríquez Miguel - López Henríquez Miguel Ángel I suppose that this is because in USA culture I'll never use "Miguel Ángel López Henríquez", but in spanish and latin culture that is possible and many time necessary. A person that everybody knows as Miguel Ángel López Henríquez would be recognized if you say or write Miguel López Henríquez. In general, the user should have the possibility to treate the 2nd name as the first.
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