Help! Missing Part of Name
 

My name has a II on the end of it to indicate I’m the 2nd, it shows on my passport but my ticket only has my first, middle and last. I got confused with surname, I don’t know if it’s used around the US but it isn’t in my area, although I do see it now on my passport.

how screwed am I? I contacted the airline and they had me submit a help ticket and they said they’d work on fixing it but no guarantees. I’m so scared I won’t make my flight, it’s my first vacation in 3 years.


thanks

Chill/Relax! This should be no issue (if the rest of your names are as in your passport). Most likely no one will notice that your passport stated "[name] II". Dont overthink this.
No need to contact the airline about this (and make it a problem that was never there in the first place).

i really hope so, i had already called and they made me jump through hoops only to be told they can’t do anything. Hopefully I get to go, I am so burnt out, first vacation in 3 years. I honestly can’t remember if I’ve put it on other flight tickets, usually fly delta and American and their terminology is much more what I’m use to seeing, last name vs surname, I don’t really consider II to be part of my last name, given it’s my family name and II isn’t.

thanks for the reply. Makes me feel better at least.

The technical term for this "II" is a "generational suffix".

...which I believe is very uncommon outside the US (never encountered this in Europe).

I don't know when "Jr" became "II". It used to be that the numbers started at "III".

But re: names on passport, really, no one will care or notice. I've had airlines issue tickets for me with the salutation (honorific?) as the middle name due to shoddy IT (UA app) and no one bats an eye.

When a son is named after his father, Junior ("Jr.") is used. When named after a grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle, or great-uncle, that is when "II" is used. Such situations are less common.

Who names the son after the father? I can understand to name after a grandfather or other relatives, but after the father? That would not be common where I come from....

Naming a son after the father is very common in the U.S., as indicated in Post # 6.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix_(name)

If you are a King or Queen in Britain this is important.
If you are an American it is not.
Quite simple really!