>Indeed. In fact, the Right Thing turns out to be CommonName and Surname;
>my CommonName is "John Cowan" and my Surname is "Cowan".
What about alternate names?
Many Chinese have a 'Western CommonName' but would still write their formal
name as something like WONG Jing Ping and be known as Alan in conversation
and casual reference.
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