# Logical Record Architecture for Health and Social Care

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# Controlled Vocabulary for: EntityNamePartType ## LRA Vocabulary Id db9ab60b-ae13-4af8-8238-159ca0ce0730 ## Vocabulary Properties
Version: | 2.0
Status | created
Date | 2010-07-16
## Description A set of codes to indicate the type of an entity name. This code set conforms the set of codes defined by HL7 v3 EntityNamePartType Enumeration (urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.5.44) ## Concept set
Level | Code | Description | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
0 | FAM | Family | Family name, this is the name that links to the genealogy. In some cultures (e.g. Eritrea) the family name of a son is the first name of his father
0 | GIV | Given | Given name. Note: don't call it "first name" since this given names do not always come first
0 | INIT | Initials | Person initials as specified by the NHS NPfIT MIM Data Types Implementation Manual and NHS Data Model and Dictionary.
0 | PFX | Prefix | A prefix has a strong association to the immediately following name part. A prefix has no implicit trailing white space (it has implicit leading white space though). Note that prefixes can be inverted
0 | SFX | Suffix | A suffix has a strong association to the immediately preceding name part. A suffix has no implicit leading white space (it has implicit trailing white space though). Suffices can not be inverted
0 | DEL | Delimiter | A delimiter has no meaning other than being literally printed in this name representation. A delimiter has no implicit leading and trailing white space