Name
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One or more words habitually used to distinguish a particular individual. A letter of the alphabet does not constitute a name.
232 111. 228.
The name of a person consists, among Anglo-Saxon peoples, of one family name, surname, or patronymic, by which all members of the immediate family are known, and one Christian, baptismal, or surname bestowed upon one by his parents, to distinguish him from others of the same family.
5 Eobt. 599.
Only one Christian name is recognized in law, and for all legal purposes the use of a For all practical and legal purposes, the name by which a person is known and called in the community in which he lives and is best known, is his name.
149 Iowa 672, 31 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1112.
The word "junior" or "jr" forms no part of a person's name, but is merely descriptive.
182 111. 424; 192 111. 184.