Category talk:Names

Move all literal names to a different category

Pursuant to the discussion on surnames below: more and more literal names have crept in to this category since it was cleaned up on 14 Aug 06. In principle I like the idea of moving these into "given name" and "surname" categories. However the problem with this taxonomy is that I have no idea whether any particular literal name is a given name, surname, both, or something else entirely.

As I read through the article on one Persian name, for instance, there is no indication (to somebody with my lack of understanding of Persian naming conventions) what type of name it is. Therefore I propose we create a new category for "literal names" such as John, Johnson, etc. The dual conception of given name vs. surname does not necessarily encompass the naming conventions of every culture, and creating a more comprehensive typology of names is far beyond me. Jdz (talk) 21:38, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

surnames

I have moved all of the surnames to the Surnames category. I am in the process of moving all the given names to Given names. (Many are in both categories, of course.) That should leave this category in a more useful condition, I think. --Brianyoumans 02:16, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I have finished the work mentioned above; in the future, if you see this, please think about using categories 'given name' and 'surname' instead of just 'name' for name articles. Category:Name itself has mostly articles about methods of naming, types of names, etc. Other articles may categorize better in one of the sub-categories. --Brianyoumans 07:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)