# What Fuzzy international name matching system should be added to Gramps?

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**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-fuzzy-international-name-matching-system-should-be-added-to-gramps/9951 "2026-09-06T18:36:59Z")\
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> [@romjerome](#):
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> No one knows the key ID except the person who sets one encoding (custom or built-in). A Passphrase-like oriented naming!

I wonder if this anonymizing might be done with Name Display formats and an enhancement to the Conditional Test Replacements.

There are not many ways to auto-hide private date within the Gramps GUI. Mostly those affect exports and reports. But there ARE a couple alternatives:

- @ztlxltl Built in a “[Presentation Mode](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon-thread-2/7014/165)” configuration option for the FTV charts view mode
- @GeorgeWilmes had an [idea to use a Custom Name Display format](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/is-a-living-private-blur-possible-in-views/4424/2) that omits the Surname.

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