Liquipedia:Name Standards

Romanization of Names

Many players from foreign countries have names written in their own script. There are varying standards on how these names are then transliterated into Roman characters.

For this, we've set up a quick overview on the best practices when it comes to transliterating names of people from different countries. With these transliterations also comes the order of family name and given name. For more details, check here.

Examples

Player	Name in local script	Romanized name	Explanation
Chalice	杨沈仪	Yang Shenyi	* For Chinese names, the first character is usually the family name, followed by either one or two other characters which make up the given name. For names that consist of two characters, they are combined to make one name. So, as an example, 沈 (Shen) 仪 (Yi) would make Shenyi, so do not make it Shen-Hi, Shen-hi, or ShenHi
Maple	黃熠棠	Huang Yi-tang	* The structure works similiar to mainland Chinese, however for Taiwan the given name is split up by a hyphen (-)
w1nter	李其進	Lee Kei-jeun	* Hong Kong also follows the hyphen structure, similar to Taiwan
Iceiceice	许培祥	(Daryl) Koh Pei Xiang	* Singapore and Malaysia split each character into its own word. So all spaces, no hyphens, and each name is capitalized
Faker	이상혁	Lee Sang-hyeok	* For this romanization, the given name (the last two characters) are strung together with a hyphen, with the second character not being capitalized

Practices

When transliterating names (both to Roman or their original script), avoid using Google Translate, as this might give an inaccurate result. Ideally, check with someone native, see what's used in articles, or check with the player themselves as to what should be used.
The player also has a more final input in which name is correct (as it should match what is "officially" registered).

For transliterating names from other scripts that aren't in the example, stick to the above practices. For scripts that are used in multiple countries, such as Cyrillic, follow the country's specific romanization standards (unless a player confirms it is different than that).

Usage of Full or "Short" Names

Within the Infobox on a player page, a player's full name can be entered. This includes all middle names, as well as the complete official first/given and last/family names. On all other instances where a player's "real name" is used, the short variant should be used, which typically consists of the given name and family name.

Player	Full Name	Shortened Name	Notes
chrisJ	Christiaan Willem George de Jong	Chris de Jong	* In this example, Christiaan is the official given name, but Chris is the name that's used to refer to chrisJ * Willem George are seen as middle names, and de Jong is his last name
FalleN	Gabriel Toledo de Alcântara Sguario	Gabriel Toledo	* In this example, Gabriel is the preferred given name, and Toledo the preferred last name for the "short version"
dev1ce	Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz	Nicolai Reedtz	* In this example, Nicolai is the given name, and Reedtz the last name, with Hvilshøj being the middle name
KillerS	Nguyễn Văn Thiện	Nguyễn Văn Thiện	* Vietnamese names are a small exception; while "Văn" is the middle name, popular usage remains with including the middle name (as part of the given name)

When using the introduction sentence on a player page, we use the structure of <first name> "<nickname>" <last name>. So, as an example from above, Christiaan Willem George de Jong becomes Chris "chrisJ" de Jong.

Finding the Short Version

Sometimes it's not clear what the preferred first name and/or last name can be. To find out which should be used, you should ideally look what's predominantly used across media, or ask the person in question directly.

Name Order

Within different countries, there are some differences in the order in which the names are presented. The order of given name, family name is the Western name order, and is usually used in most European countries and in countries that have cultures predominantly influenced by Western Europe.
The order family name, given name is commonly known as the Eastern name order and is primarily used in East Asia.

Western Order

The Western order of given name, family name is the one that's most predominantly used across Liquipedia.

Eastern Order

The Eastern order of family name, given name is one that should be followed for countries that predominantly use this order. This includes the following countries:

Country
China
Taiwan
Macau
Hong Kong (Unless a Western name is known)
Singapore (Unless a Western name is known)
For Chinese Malaysian names
Mongolia
South Korea
Vietnam
Cambodia

• Japanese names are usually "switched" when people who have such names are mentioned in media in Western countries. Since this is still predominantly the case, Liquipedia also follows this order.
• The same applies to Hungarian names. For Western media, they are also put into Western order.

• For countries such as Hong Kon, Singapore and Malaysia, the Western name structure is followed when a person has a Western name.

Player	Full Name	Shortened Name	Notes
NORT	Nguyễn Quý Đức	Nguyễn Quý Đức	* In this example, Nguyễn is the family name, Quý is the middle name, and Đức is the given name. For Vietnamese names, the middle name is included in the given name for Liquipedia input (e.g for NORT, it would still come to be Nguyễn "NORT" Quý Đức)
JackeyLove	Yu Wenbo	Yu Wenbo	* In this example, Yu is the family name, and Wenbo the given name
Ras	Song Hong-gyun	Song Hong-gyun	* In this example, Song is the family name, and Hong-gyun the given name
ANNIHILATION	Nyamdorj Tuvshintugs (Нямдоржийн Түвшинтөгс)	Nyamdorj Tuvshintugs	* In this example, Nyamdorj is the patronymic, name, and Tuvshintugs the given name
shoh	Shota Takita	Shota Takita	* In this example, Shota is the given name, and Takita the family name * In this case as mentioned, the Japanese naming order follows the Western naming order

Updated infobox parameters

The naming part for infoboxes would look like the following:

|name=
|romanized_name=
|givenname=
|familyname=

As some examples for both names that follow a Western and Eastern order:

|name=Christiaan Willem George de Jong
|givenname=Chris
|familyname=de Jong

|name=陳柏瀚
|romanized_name=Chen Po-han
|givenname=Po-han
|familyname=Chen

• When only the romanized name is known, leave the |name= input field blank and fill in |romanized_name=
• When a given/family name only is two words, please still fill out |givenname= and |familyname=
• Simply only use |name= if there is no need for a romanized name (since the country's script is already in Roman)