Additional or variant names commonly used for the person, including nicknames, pen names, or transliterations.
Purpose:
Allows users to search for people by any known name. Ensures that users are able to identify and retrieve records about a particular person consistently, regardless of the use of common variants in the search.
Relationship:
This element is dependent on Name. To have Variant Person Name, Name must be created.
Guidance:
Enter any additional or variant name for the individual.
Use initial capital letters. Enter the name in inverted order: last name, first name, middle name or initial. Separate the last name and first name with a comma. Do not end a name with a period, unless it ends with an initial.
Do not enter Variant Person Name unless Name has been given.
Name - Kennedy, John F. Fuller Name - John Fitzgerald Variant Person Name - JFK Variant Person Name - Kennedy, Jack
Name - Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Variant Person Name - Bouvier, Jacqueline Variant Person Name - Kennedy, Jacqueline Variant Person Name - Kennedy, Jackie
