In this English tradition, as it was established during the Middle Ages and well before any settlement of America, a personal name was dual, consisting of a given and a family name, in that order.

• 根据英国的传统，一个人的名字由两部分组成：名和姓，名在前姓在后。这一传统形成于中世纪，远远早于美国的任何殖民地形成之前。