Personal name facts for kids
A personal name is the label which identifies an individual person. It is a proper name; and it is usually made up of a given name plus a surname.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies that a child has the right from birth to a name.
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First/given, middle and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for the Anglosphere, among others. Other cultures use other structures for full names.
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Haruko Momoi at the Anime Expo 2007 in Los Angeles; her name card features a spelling of her name ("Halko Momoi") written in Western order; in Japanese her name is Momoi Haruko (桃井はるこ), written in Eastern order
Black History Month on Kiddle
Influential African-American Artists:
 | James Van Der Zee |
 | Alma Thomas |
 | Ellis Wilson |
 | Margaret Taylor-Burroughs |
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