Options

Table 1. Name Variant Finder Options

Option

Description

First Name

Finds name variations based on first name.

Last Name

Finds name variations based on last name.

Gender Code

Returns the name variations only for the gender specified in the record's GenderCode field. For information about the GenderCode field, see Input.

Ethnicity

Returns name variations only for the culture specified in the record's Ethnicity field. For information about the Ethnicity field, see Input.

Romanized

Returns the English romanized version of the name. A romanized name is one that has been converted from a non-Latin script to the Latin script. For example, Achin is the Romanized version of the Korean name Korean name string.

Native

Returns the name in the native script of the name's culture. For example, a Korean name would be returned in Hangul.

Kana

If you select Native, you can choose to return Japanese names in Kana by selecting this option. Kana is comprised of hiragana and katakana scripts.

Note: You must have licensed the Asian Plus Pack database to look up Japanese name variants. For more information, contact your sales executive.

Kanji

If you select Native, you can choose to return Japanese names in Kanji by selecting this option. Kanji is one of the scripts used in the Japanese language.

Note: You must have licensed the Asian Plus Pack database to look up Japanese name variants. For more information, contact your sales executive.