<P> In some English - speaking countries, the arrangement of post-nominal letters is governed by rules of precedence, and this list is sometimes called the "Order of Wear" (for the wearing of medals). </P> <P> Special legal entities are created with the addition of status terms: Estate, Deceased, Orphan, Widow, Feme Covert (French), etc . </P> <P> Generational suffixes are used to distinguish persons who share the same name within a family . A generational suffix can be used informally (for disambiguation purposes, or as nicknames) and is often incorporated in legal documents . </P> <P> In the United States the most common name suffixes are senior and junior, which are written with a capital first letter ("Jr ." and "Sr .") with or without an interceding comma . In Britain these are more rare, but when they are used the abbreviations are "Jnr" and "Snr", respectively . The term "junior" is correctly used only if a child's first, middle, and last names are identical to his or her parent's names . When the suffixes are spelled out in full, they are always written with the first letter in lower case . Social name suffixes are far more frequently applied to men than to women (due to the common practice of women taking their husbands' surnames). In French, the designations for a father and son with the same name are père ("father") and fils ("son"). In Portuguese, common designations are Júnior (junior), Filho (son), Neto (grandson), and Sobrinho (nephew). In many other nations, it is considered highly unusual or even inauspicious to give a son the same first name (s) as his father, removing the need for such suffixes . Sons with a different middle name or initial may also be informally known as Jr. (examples include William Vann Rogers Jr., son of William Penn Adair Rogers; and Jim L. Mora Jr., son of Jim E. Mora), in which case the Jr. is not part of the legal name . </P>

Where does suffix go when last name is first