Template:Meitei name/doc

This template may be placed at the top of a biographical article of someone with a Meitei name to identify paternal surnames which make up the family name, given name as well as any name suffix like generational title or others.

Usage

Invocation

{{Meitei name|PATERNAL|SUFFIX}}
{{Meitei name|1=PATERNAL|2=SUFFIX}}
{{Meitei name|first=PATERNAL|suffix=SUFFIX}}

Parameters

• "1" or "first" – the family name (optional, but usually present)
• "2" or "second" – the given name
• "3" or "suffix" – the generational suffix

Note: Each parameter is optional, but a maintenance category will be added to articles that use this template without any parameters.

Examples

• For Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: {{Meitei name|Saikhom|Mirabai|Chanu}} or {{Meitei name|first=Saikhom|second=Mirabai|third=Chanu}} →

In this Meitei name, the family name is Saikhom and the given name is Mirabai. "Chanu" is a name suffix.

• For Nongthombam Biren Singh: {{Meitei name|first=Nongthombam|second=Biren|suffix=Singh}} →
  In this Meitei name, the family name is Nongthombam and the given name is Biren. "Singh" is a name suffix.

Usage note: In Meitei names, Singh or Meitei or Meetei, if it appears, is usually a name suffix (like generational suffix), and is not a family name, so it should be placed in the optional |suffix= parameter.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Meitei name in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Meitei name

Introduces a person as having a Meitei name, according to Meitei naming customs

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Family name	1 first	The person's family name Example Saikhom	String	optional
Given name	2 second	The person's given name Example Mirabai	String	optional
Name suffix	3 suffix	The person's name suffix Example Chanu	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Meitei name template needing maintenance (166) – For articles using this template with no parameters, or for articles using this template with an unrecognized suffix.
• Category:Pages using Template:Meitei name with no first parameter (4) – For articles using this template without optional first parameter.

See also

• {{Family name hatnote}}
• Generational suffix