RULES 5

TITLE AND SUFFIXES

1. PERSONAL NAME

• When used with a person’s name, a title or a suffix is the last indexing unit when needed to distinguish between two or more identical names. A title appears before a name (Capt., Dr., Miss, Mr., Mrs., Ms., Prof., Sgt.). Suffixes appear after a name and include seniority terms (II, III, Jr., Sr.) and professional designations (CPA, CRM, CMA, MD, Ph.D.). Some terms may appear either before or after the name (Senator, Mayor). If a name contains both a title and a suffix, the title is the last unit.

• Royal and religious titles (King, Queen, Prince, Princess, Father, Sister) are considered professional designation suffixes unless they are followed by either a given name or a surname only (Father John, Princess Anna) in which case, they are indexed as written.

2. BUSINESS NAME

• Titles in business names (Dr. Pane’s Windows) are indexed as written. Remember, the word The is considered the last indexing unit when it appears as the first word of a business name.

RULES 5 EXAMPLE: BUSINESS NAMES