Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designing interfaces?
Just have a single "name field" and maybe preferred name, which is not the same. The family/given name format doesn't make much sense here.Indian name: Sathiavelllu Arunachalam, known as SA or SethSE Asian ethnic Chinese names: Harry Lee Kuan Yew, (English name) (Surname) (Given name). Hated the name Harry and got it removed, though many Chinese are referred to by an English name.Indonesian name: Fatimah Azzahra (given name only)Malaysian name: Sharifah Azizah binti Syed Ahmad Tarmizi, (honorific surname: Sharifah) (given name: Azizah) (patronym) (father's honorific surname: Syed) (father's given name: Ahmad Tarmizi)