Namnkategorier
Namnkategorier is a term used in onomastics and in data management to describe a system for classifying personal names into functional or semantic groups. The aim is to support indexing, searching, analysis and data quality by recording the role or origin of each name element.
Common categories include fornamn (given names), efternamn (family names), mellannamn (middle names), and smeknamn (nicknames). Many
Applications of namnkategorier include database design, genealogical research, linguistic analysis, and name-entity recognition in text. Tagging
Challenges in applying namnkategorier arise from cross-cultural differences, varying name orders, and the treatment of hyphenated
See also: onomastics, anthroponymy, name normalization, database taxonomy.