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Hi!

My name is Tatiana Alejandra de Castro Pérez and I have just found that it appear shortened as "Tatiana Pérez" which is incorrect.

My names are Tatiana Alejandra and my surnames are de Castro Pérez, so I should appear as "Tatiana de Castro" at least (even if as Spanish I should appear with both surnames).

Is there a way to change this? In my profile there is no room to separe names from surnames.

Thanks in advance.

Tatiana, which books are under the wrong name? A link to them would be helpful.

No, in the books it appears OK.

It is wrong in the user part ( Pic 1) and in the reviews ( Pic 2).

Hi Tatiana, on your author profile you can correct the 'sort by name' field to read

castro perez, tatiana alejandra de
(without accents or capitals)

and the 'shelf display name' field should look like

Castro Pérez, Tatiana Alejandra de

Since you have a claimed profile, it is something you have to do yourself. Librarians cannot help you with it.

It appears there almost correct (it erases the "-dra" ending only):

name (note: changing this affects ALL books by this author)
Tatiana Alejandra de Castro Pérez

sort by name (Used when sorting authors alphabetically. Defaults to last name, first name if not set)
de Castro Pérez, Tatiana Alejan

shelf display name (used when displaying this name on a shelf)
de Castro Pérez, Tatiana Alejan

But the problem is that in the places that it appears shortened it should appear as "Tatiana de Castro" or "Tatiana de Castro Pérez" and not as "Tatiana Pérez" because that's only my second surname.

Tatiana wrote: "But the problem is that in the places that it appears shortened it should appear as "Tatiana de Castro" or "Tatiana de Castro Pérez" and not as "Tatiana Pérez" because that's only my second surname. "

You cannot change how users refer to you.

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "You cannot change how users refer to you."

That is not what Tatiana means. If you hover over her name, you will see that the link shows as tatiana-p-rez.

Tatiana, your name should sort on C, not on d. Please change it to the way I said in msg #4.

But my surname is "de Castro" not just "Castro" (and not, it's not part of "Alejandra" neither).

Tatiana wrote: "sort by name (Used when sorting authors alphabetically. Defaults to last name, first name if not set)
de Castro Pérez, Tatiana Alejan"

This needs to be all lowercase letters or it won't work properly.

As far as your initial question, that has to do with how your user profile is set up, and librarians cannot assist you with that. You'll need to use the Contact Us link on the Help page.

Tatiana wrote: "But my surname is "de Castro" not just "Castro" (and not, it's not part of "Alejandra" neither)."

I know it is part of your last name, but it is a prefix. The headword is Castro and it should be sorted on that.

To make an analogy, there are many Dutch last names starting with 'van' (which means the same as Spanish 'de'). F.e. Joke van Leeuwen. Her (correct) shelf display name is 'Leeuwen, Joke van'. See here.