Name format guidelines

Government requirements concerning passenger data mean you must enter your name as it appears on your passport, or you may not be permitted to fly. If you’re unsure how to do this, follow the guidelines below.

  • Enter your given names (first and middle) in the first name field, followed by your title
  • Enter your family name in the last name field
  • For immigration and security reasons, enter names exactly as they appear on your passport. 

  • You can enter up to 59 characters (including spaces, title, infant name, passenger type, and date of birth for the US region) in total across all name fields.
  • Enter your given names (first and middle) in the first name field, followed by your title.
  • Enter your family name in the last name field.
  • For Example: 
    • First Name: SAMINTHA
    • Middle Name: NIRMANI
    • Last Name: AMARASINGHE

  • Applies if you have a hyphenated surname, an apostrophe in your surname or a double-barrelled surname
  • Enter your family name or surname  in the last name field using a space instead of a hyphen or apostrophe 
  • For example: Enter JAMES ROBERT BRYCE-BUCHANAN as BRYCE BUCHANAN/JAMES ROBERT MR.

  • If your surname is a single letter, enter it twice in the last name field
  • For example: Enter MISS MOAN Y as YY/MOAN MISS 

  • If you’re travelling with someone with the same name, add a middle name wherever possible
  • For example: SINGH/JITENDER MR and SINGH/JITENDER PAL

  • If your family name or surname is not available, enter the given name in the last name field and enter the given name as FNU (First Name Unknown)
  • LNU must not be used
  • For example: HABEEB MOHAMMAD/FNU MR

  • If your first and middle names are not available, enter the family name or surname in the Last name field
  • Enter FNU (First Name Unknown) in the first name field
  • For example: JACK FRANCIS/FNU MR

  • If your full name is on one line on your passport, check the Machine Readable Zone at the bottom of your passport
  • Your surname will always follow the country code (EGY) without any spaces or separators
  • One < means space and < < comes after the surname

  • To accommodate name suffixes (such as Junior, Senior or III) add the suffix to your family name or surname in the last name
  • For example: Enter MR JOHN OLSEN JR. as OLSEN JR/JOHN MR

  • You can enter up to 59 characters in total across all name fields
  • Your last name must contain at least two letters, and your first name must contain one letter
  • If your name is longer or there is insufficient space, add as many names as possible from your first name and surname on your passport and omit the rest
  • For example: 
    • Last name: AMARASINGHE ARACHCHIGE
    • First name: SAMINTHA NIRMANI PERERA
    • Enter: AMARSINGHE/SAMINTHA MR

  • If the infant’s name is long, apply the same truncation rule:
    • Keep as many letters as possible from both first and last names, omitting the rest.
    • The travel document SSR DOCS entry must always contain the full infant's name as per passport.
  • For Example:
    • First Name : JAYDEN KING CARTER
    • Last Name: VISHAKAN

  • If your name has a special character (for example, an umlaut ü, å, ö), check the Machine Readable Zone at the bottom of your passport and enter the name accordingly
  • Your surname will always follow the country code (EGY) without any spaces or separators
  • One < means space and < < comes after the surname
  • For example: LAAAAS – Surname where Å is entered as AA or GOERAN<TONY<BERTIL – First name where ö is entered as OE.

  • Some passports are issued with multiple names
  • In these cases, update just one of the surnames or first name from the Machine-Readable Zone at the bottom of your passport
  • For example: Update the name on the booking as one of the following: ZIOU / FLORINTA MS or ZIU / FLORIDA MS