Naming conventions for European royalty and nobility using custom name formats

[BlakeIsHereStudios]

A majority of my family tree is of European royalty and nobility, from which I descend. So my Gramps tree needs naming conventions, and I used custom name formats to create my own.

Here is an example profile, specifically that of Edward I. This shows off my naming convention for European royalty.

As you can see, I use the surname field for their dynasty name, and then use a custom name format to display it like this. I also include their epithet if they have one, and I use the Call Name field for their regnal name if they didn’t use their birth name.

Here is another example of this for nobility. I use the suffix field for their title, and I again use a custom name format to display it like this. Note that this naming convention was done with British nobility in mind, and other naming conventions would be used for nobility from other countries.

[emyoulation]

Did something similar and stored it in a dated “Reign Name”, as described here:

Add options to the configure menu

As an example, I enter a “Reign Name” (regnal name) alternative name for royalty with a name “Display as” override set to “Title Given Suffix”. It also has the date range when the Reign Name was valid. This is in combination with their Birth name and an aka for a peerage name. This is to mask the annoying “comma” that is typically shown when there is no surname. [image]

I like your inclusion of an optional nickname in the Display format.

And others described their approach in that thread.

[DaveSch]

There is also the Display as and Sort as overrides.

Instead of the default format set in Preferences. individual records can use other display options to get the desired name display.