Name parts in name groups

Identify parts within a person's name such as descriptive parts, locative parts, and suffixes and capture them within the subsidiaryName attribute.

nameGrp/@subsidiaryName

Typecode

ref_subsidiaryName

Subsidiary name

Be aware of the context that the name is written in. Do not capture content in a name group that specifies a person’s origin when it is not part of the person’s name or title. For example, a locative is always preceded by a forename like Peter of Spain and not a foreTitle like Earl of Shaftesbury. If a person's generation is at the start of the name (e.g. ), capture the generation in the foreTitle attribute instead.

Use the subsidiaryName attribute to capture part of a name that is descriptive rather than a true name, for example:

the Great
the Cynic
the Elder
the Areopagite
the Blind
Kobo Daishi
Lao Tzu
Lieh Tzu
Mo Tzu
the Apostate
Judaeus
the Dialectician

Use the subsidiaryName attribute to capture locatives that are indications of a person’s origin introduced with of, for example:

of Rome
of Spain
of France
of England
of Lancashire

Use the subsidiaryName attribute to capture the suffix in names that end with a suffix. For example:

Jr.
Junior
Sr.
the First
the Second
the Third
I
II
III
IV
V