People must understand that the arrangement of names is standard across the globe. When you’re asked to mention or write your name, call/write your first name first before any other names and the name that comes last is presumed to be your last name/surname. For example, if you’re James and your surname is John, in writing your name, write James John not the other way round.

All over the globe, the standard practice is:
First name
Middle name(s) if any
Surname or Last Name

However, if you write your surname first, always put comma so that readers can identify it as such. For example, if you write John, James a reader will know that John is your surname and James is your first name.

Another acceptable practice is — you write your surname in caps and keep the first name in lower keys. For instance, JOHN James will communicate to every reader that your surname is John and your first name is James.

Also, if you want to introduce yourself with your titles, mention the first name first in the sequence. For example; I am
Prof/Dr./Rev./Mr. James John
It tells a reader that James is your first name while John is your last. In instances where you mention your surname first after your title, don’t add your first name. For example, “Hello, I am Mr. John” don’t add your first name James.

People are losing juicy jobs due to these minor mistakes they make at job interviews. Stop mentioning your surname before your first name. Surnames always come last that’s why in some jurisdictions, they specifically call it your "Last Name".

Credit: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses-listing/english-language-and-literature?wssl=1#

So they have been teaching us nonsense before

Educative. Thanks, OP.

Nice and educative

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In general, people are addressed by their first names by personal friends, and by their last names in formal situations. Therefore, someone with the name John Andrew Smith will be addressed as John by his friends, and Mr Smith in formal situations

Thanks for sharing this

Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

nice

jerflakes:
Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

Absolutely.

jerflakes:
Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"....

Xmen149:


cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"....

Good point!

James Bond is British, so his surname comes first

jerflakes:
Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

I think I'll go with this...

Thanks OP

cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"..

On point!

Wooow Thanks OP

Thanks OP

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James Bond not Bond James. Most Westerners (including Brits) write first name first, while Asians write last name first.

Nigeria's case has always been different.

That's why so many don't know that the famous Kanu Nwankwo's first name is actually Nwankwo while Kanu is just his surname.

I always prefer to write or pronounced my name first before my surname even when I was taught otherwise

It's sound cool like that

jerflakes:
Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

Oga stop telling lies on the British, go and live there and introduce yourself with your surname everytime so they can sneer at you at your back.

OP is 100% correct.

Xmen149:


cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"....

But why are Nigerians like this?

Does he say my name is "Bond, Bond James??"

Why can't we just take correction intelligently... soon they will start arguing about "My names are....." again.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Original Poster is 100% correct.

Now I know BOND is the saw name in James Bond.

Xmen149:


cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"....

Notice he says "James Bond," not "Bond James".
"My name is Bond" serves as a formal introduction.

jerflakes:
Nonsense
Always do your research
There's the British and American standards
The British standard: surname, first name
American standard: first name, surname
The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard
Shikena

The post was copied from Oxford. "Oxford" which is a British.

Xmen149:


cos i can still remember in the movie James bond,..he always say: "my name is bond,James bond"....

wow! i like this

they kukuma should have told us when it changed from surname first, because that's what I was taught in primary school which is what I'm still using, because most official forms will say, surname first.
what do they want me to do now after all the bvn name issue and wahala wey I don suffer ??
my advice : just leave it the way it has been, before you'll begin to have bvn wahala.

words are enough for the wise.

jerflakes:
Nonsense

Always do your research

There's the British and American standards

The British standard: surname, first name

American standard: first name, surname

The British are our colonial masters, so we use the British standard

Shikena

U get mind o. Where in d world do u see comma after first name?

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All these teachers that misled us in primary school, your judgement day is coming o. They will even call you mumu if you write your firstname before surname, even flog you put. I wonder what they will be saying now.