Guidance

How to show uncommon names in passports: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to show uncommon names in passports.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 23 June 2023

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Names: how to show uncommon names in passports

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to show uncommon names in passports, including:

• when there is a naming convention (for example, cultural traditions that say how a name must be shown)
• Welsh names that have ‘ap surname’ (son of)
• Irish and Gaelic names that customers have translated into English
• names that include ‘Junior’ prefixes or suffixes
• stage, professional and religious names
• when the customer only has 1 name
• names that include titles as part of the actual name (for example, ‘Sir David Jones’ where ‘Sir’ is the customer’s forename’)

Published 23 June 2023