A middle name can be taken as a given name as far as the US Government is concerned.
Originally Posted by
tanja
So do you have any relatives that have any names first that are middle names and then the last name is the given?
Do they ever get into trouble?
I have 2 first middle names and the third is my given name. The name erverybody calls me and is on my ID's.
It has caused problems for me.
Of course I do, to answer your first question. I also have relatives and many more acquaintances whose first and/or middle name(s) are the family name(s) while the given name is the last name or the middle name.
I am familiar with the "problems" such people have with airlines, with government agencies in numerous parts of the world and with other parties, but nothing generally insurmountable when dealing with the US Government, although the TSA is trying to mess up things. [The most asinine name-related problems I have ever seen with government agencies anywhere are in Scandinavia with some of the most reactionary, stubborn name rules of any place in the world that US embassy/consular ACS staff encounters.]
Any insurmountable name problems when dealing with the US Government?