Name Matching Quiz

Identify the Acceptable Matches - Married Names: Mary Smith née Brown

• Mary Brown Smith

• Mary Brown

• Mary A. Brown Smith

• Mary Smith Brown

Answer explanation

Maiden name is included in one place in addition to the married last name. Maiden names are sometimes indicated by née on IDs.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Married Names: Ellen Clark née Carter

• Ellen Clark

• Ellen Carter

• Ellen Clark Carter

• Ellen Carter

  Clark

Answer explanation

Maiden name is included in one place in addition to the married last name.

Note: Maiden names are sometimes indicated by née on IDs.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Married Names: Mary Jones Smith

• Mary E. Smith Jones

• Mary Elizabeth Smith

• Mary E. Jones Smith

• Mary Elizabeth Jones Smith

Answer explanation

Maiden name is used as the middle name in one place, while the candidate's given middle name is used in the other.

In this example, "Jones" is the maiden name, "Elizabeth" is the given middle name, and "Smith" is the married last name.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Maiden & Married Name is the Same: Sarah Johnson

• Sarah Johnson Johnson

• Sarah Smith Johnson

• Sara Johnson Smith

• Sarah Smith Smith

Answer explanation

Last names are repeated because the maiden name and last name are the same.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Differing Married & Maiden Names: Alexis Gates* / Alexis Stevens*

• Alexis Stevens*

• Alexis Gates*

• Alexis Jones*

• Alexis Smith*

Answer explanation

Last name is the maiden name in one place, while the married name appears in the other.

(In this example, "Gates" is the maiden name, and "Stevens" is the married name.)

*Note: To be admitted, the candidate must present original marriage license or divorce decree to supplement the ID.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Hyphenated Names: Sarah Johnson-Wells

• Sarah Johnson Wells

• Sarah Johnson

• Sarah Wells

Answer explanation

A hyphen or other special character (for example Ø, Ö, Ñ) is used in one place but not in the other. Other examples include "á, é, í, ó, ú."

Identify Acceptable Match(es) - Special Character Names: Jose Garcia

• José Garcia

• Jose Gómez

• Felipé Garcia

• Jose García

Answer explanation

A hyphen or other special character (for example Ø, Ö, Ñ) is used in one place but not in the other. Other examples include "á, é, í, ó, ú."

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Special Character Names: Erik Mussig

• Erik Mußig

• Erik Mússig

• Erik Mussíg

Answer explanation

A hyphen or other special character (for example Ø, Ö, Ñ) is used in one place but not in the other. Other examples include "á, é, í, ó, ú."

In this example, the special character "ß" is equivalent to ss.

Identify the Acceptable Match(es) - Truncated Names: Ranjith Venkata Pagdalapalepu Kakulavaram

• Ranjith Venkata Pagdalapalepu Kakuva

• Ranjith Venkata Pagdalapalepu Kakula

• Ranjith Venkata Pagdalapalepu Kakulava

• Ranjith Venkata Pagdalapalepu Kakulavara

Answer explanation

A long name is truncated (shortened) to fit into the name field. This is acceptable.

Identify the Unacceptable Match: Alexander Johnson

• Alixander Johnson

• Alexande Johnso

• Alexandre Johmson

• Alexandre Johnson

• Alexander Johmson

Answer explanation

There is a single-letter or two-letter difference due to a typo.

These differences could be due to the wrong letters, transposed letters, extra letters, or missing letters. If there is a total difference of three or more letters between the names on the registration and ID, the names do not match.

Note: The single-letter difference rule does not apply if the initial on an ID and an initial in the system do not match.