Re: Self-invoked name

A person can have multiple names, see the Name Editor:

https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_3#Name_Editor

You probably want to record a birth name and an “Also known as” name.

Craig


> On Jan 18, 2025, at 2:02 PM, Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> One ancestor in my extended family tree was given the birth forenames Patrick Redmond, in honour of the Irish nationalist politician John Edward Redmond (the family being political supporters).
> 
> Patrick was known by his family as Pats, but he disliked his second name so much that at an early age took the forename James in place of Redmond, and maintained for the rest of his life that he was Patrick James, although he never made any deposition or Deed Poll. (This did of course give his wife some trouble when he died, as his birth name didn't match all the other documents of the rest of his life.)
> 
> Gramps provides for a nickname, but that field is already taken by Pats because Gramps will not permit it as a value for the Call field, and the Also Known As entry type suffers from the same defect. What is a good way to encode a self-invoked forename that overrides a birth forename, but without any legal force?
> 
> Peter
> 
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