Hi.
I am travelling to USA soon. I bought the airline tickets from an online travel agency. When I made the booking, I wrote my full name, exactly as it appears in my passport.
In the passport, my name is written as following (not real name):

Surname: Anderson
Given names: Johan Smith

When booking, I wrote the following:
First name field: Johan Smith
Middle name field: Nothing. In Scandinavia we don�t use the term middle name. We have one given name, which may include more than one name.
Surname field: Anderson

And on my E-ticket, my name appears as: JOHANSMITH ANDERSON

I am now going to apply for ESTA.
In the field (Family Name); it is required to write the family name as it appears on the passport under the Family Name or Surname field. So in this field I will write Anderson.
In the field (First (Given) Name); it is required to write first (given) name as the first name appears on the passport under the First or Given Name field. The following is also mentioned �Do not include the middle name in this field�.
My question is:
In the field �First (Given) Name� in ESTA, do I have to write Johan Smith or only Johan?
If I only write Johan, then the name in ESTA will not be the same as on the ticket, because on the ticket the first name is Johan Smith?

Please help. Thank you.
Regards
MH

I'm afraid I don't know the answer, but perhaps, as it is so common where you come from, they are used to it?

I've travelled on an ESTA and ticket that didn't match (I booked the ticket in my first + last and my ESTA was in first + middle + last, and I was asked to come to the gate to verify names, but it wasn't a major issue.)

I would probably put the same on the ESTA as you did on the ticket - who are they to tell you that your name isn't first + first + last? Johan Smith in first, then your last in last, leave middle blank again? I have a friend Heidi Lou, and that is her first name, she would never put 'Lou' as a middle name in a form.

Thank you for your kind reply
For example, on my driver's license, First name is Johan Smith and Last Name is Anderson,
My father's name is Smith.
But in school, work etc. I am known as Johan, people only use the first given name And my signature only contains the name Johan.
In passport, we don't have a field for middle names, only a field called (Surname) and a field called (Given name(s)).
So, what should I write in ESTA? I would like to be on the safe side

As the OP has posted this in the Practical Travel Safety Issues forum, and we discourage cross-posting, I'll close this thread. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator.