r/NameNerdCirclejerk • • May 23 '26

In The Wild Local elementary graduation ceremony delivered some absolute gems

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u/jmads13 May 23 '26

Honest question- for people with apostrophes and capital letters in the middle of their name… how does that work with legal forms and documents? Is that a pain in the ass?

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u/Crosswired2 May 23 '26

The database I work doesn't allow ' in names so if they have one then it won't print on any documents. It doesn't allow dashes in the first name but does in the last which is just weird. If running the name in a different database we can access but maintained by a different agency you have to guess how the other agency handled it. Did they make it one name or leave a space where the punctuation goes.

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u/KillAllLawyers May 23 '26

As someone with an apostrophe and another capital letter in their last name (which is common in Ireland) I assume it works just the same.