How do people with compound surnames determine their initials?

Question

What's my initials if my name is "Deiter Van Der Vaart" or "Louis De Vertuille" or "Richard O'Neil" or "Peter McDonald"?

Do you have a compound surname?

Answer 1

DVDV

LDV

RO

PM

Answer 2

Skadillige

Answer 3

DV - LD - RO - PM

You use the first part of the last name to get the initial. If you're a hypenated person (Jane Jones-Wilkins), it's the same - JJ in this case.

Answer 4

my maiden name was a compound name it was 2 words and i used the first letter of my first name, then my middle initial, then the first letter of the first part of my last name and then first letter of the second word of my last name.

example  tonya ann van stein

my initials would be tanvs

Answer 5

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