Template:Given name footnote

↑ In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, {{{1}}}.

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Usage

Place this template alongside the bolded name at the beginning of a biographical article. It will generate a footnote to specify which part of the name is the given name, helping readers refer to the person correctly. It requires the article to include {{notelist}}.

This template includes one mandatory parameter and several optional parameters:

|1=: required, the given name of the person
|2=: optional, the surname of the person
|3=: optional, the possessive determiner of the person. If left blank, it defaults to 'their'
|4=: optional, the country or origin of the name; links to related articles if available. If left blank, it defaults to 'article'

Wikitext	Result
`{{Given name footnote\|Tamannaah}}`	^[a]
`{{Given name footnote\|Tamannaah\|Bhatia}}`	^[b]
`{{Given name footnote\|Tamannaah\|Bhatia\|her}}`	^[c]
`{{Given name footnote\|Tamannaah\|Bhatia\|her\|Indian}}`	^[d]

Notes

↑ In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, Tamannaah.
↑ In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, Tamannaah, and not by their surname, Bhatia.
↑ In this article, the person is referred to by her given name, Tamannaah, and not by her surname, Bhatia.
↑ In this Indian name, the person is referred to by her given name, Tamannaah, and not by her surname, Bhatia.

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{{British barrelled name}}
{{Dinka name}}
{{Ethiopian name}}
{{Family name explanation}}
{{Family name footnote}}
{{Family name hatnote}}
{{Fijian name}}
{{Filipino name}}
{{Given name footnote}}
{{Given name hatnote}}
{{Icelandic name}}
{{Indian patronymic}}
{{Indonesian name}}
{{Malay name}}
{{Norse name}}
{{Pakistani name}}
{{Patronymic name}}
{{Patronymic names}}
{{Portuguese name}}
{{Spanish colonial name}}
{{Spanish married name}}
{{Traditional Norwegian name}}
{{Western name order}} (typically for Hungarian and Japanese names)
{{Western Slavic name}}

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[1] In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, {{{1}}}.

[2] In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, Tamannaah.

[3] In this article, the person is referred to by their given name, Tamannaah, and not by their surname, Bhatia.

[4] In this article, the person is referred to by her given name, Tamannaah, and not by her surname, Bhatia.

[5] In this Indian name, the person is referred to by her given name, Tamannaah, and not by her surname, Bhatia.

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Template:Given name footnote

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