1. Specific Rules by Language
If the parts of the compound name are not hyphenated, the language of the name affects the way it is formulated, i.e., which part of the name is considered the surname. The rules listed below indicate the correct form of entry for non-hyphenated compound names, and names that contain prefixes. Note the indicators that are used in each situation.
a. English
Enter names that look like compound names under the last element of the name.
100 1# Adams, John Crawford.
100 1# Lee, Joseph Jenkins.
If a name contains a prefix, enter under the prefix.
100 1# De la Mare, Walter.
100 1# Van Buren, Martin.
700 1# Le Gallienne, Eva.
b. Dutch
If the name contains the prefix "Ver", enter under the prefix. Otherwise, enter under the last element of the name.
700 1# Ver Boven, Daisy. [NOT Boven, Daisy Ver.]
100 1# Aa, Peter van der. [NOT van der Aa, Peter.]
100 1# Beeck, Leo op der. [NOT op der Beeck, Leo.]
c. French
If the name contains the prefix "La", "Le", "Du", or "Des", enter under the prefix. Otherwise, enter under the last element of the name.
100 1# Le Rouge, Gustave
100 1# La Fontaine, Jean de.
100 1# Des Granges, Charles-Marc.
700 1# Gaulle, Charles de.
700 1# Aubigné, Theodore Agrippa d'.
d. German
If the name contains the prefix "Am", "Vom", "Zum" or "Zur", enter under the prefix. Otherwise, enter under the element of the name following the prefix.
100 1# Vom Ende, Erich.
100 1# Zur Linde, Otto.
100 1# Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.
e. Italian
If the name contains a prefix, enter under the prefix.
100 1# D'Annunzio, Gabriele.
100 1# Della Volpaia, Eufrosino.
100 1# Lo Savio, Niccolo.
700 1# Li Greci, Gioacchino.
f. Portuguese
Enter under the last element of the name, unless that element is "Neto", "Netto", "Filho", "Sobrinho", or "Junior". Then enter the last two elements as a compound surname.
100 1# Silva, Ovidio Saraiva de Carvalho e.
100 1# Castro Sobrinho, Antonio Ribeiro de.
700 1# Marques Junior, Henrique.
g. Scandinavian Languages (Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish)
Scandinavian Languages (Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish Danish) If the name contains the prefix "De", "De la", or "La", enter under the prefix. Otherwise, enter under the element of the name following the prefix.
100 1# De Geer, Gerard.
100 1# La Cour, Jens Lassen.
h. Spanish
If the surname is compound (including two surnames connected by "y"), enter under the first element of the compound surname.
700 1# Cotarelo y Mori, Emilio.
If the name contains a prefix that consists only of the word La, Las, or Los, enter under the prefix. Other-wise, enter under the element of the name following the prefix.
100 1# Figueroa, Francisco de
100 1# Las Heras, Manuel Antonio.