MyHeritage lets you enter a person's first name, given names, and maiden name however you want. It is your own private tree at MyHeritage so you don't have to follow a common standard.

I too have many people who were born with one name, and later changed it or used a different name, especially those born in Eastern Europe speaking a different language who then came to North America.

The method I chose is to put the birth name first in parenthesis followed by the current name, e.g.,

For given names: (Jacob) John Gerald

For a surname : (Smith) Jones

I also put known-as or self-used names in double quotes following the official names, e.g.

(Jacob) John Gerald "Jonny"

The only real consideration is when using the one-click link to find records for the person, it will use all the names you include. The search appears to ignore the parenthesis but doesn't seem to like the double quotes.

MyHeritage lets you enter a person's given names, surname and married name however you want. It is your own private tree at MyHeritage so you don't have to follow a common standard.

I too have many people who were born with one name, and later changed it or used a different name, especially those born in Eastern Europe speaking a different language who then came to North America.

The method I chose is to put the birth name first in parenthesis followed by the current name, e.g.,

For given names: (Jacob) John Gerald

For a surname : (Smith) Jones

I also put known-as or self-used names in double quotes following the official names, e.g.

(Jacob) John Gerald "Jonny"

The only real consideration is when using the one-click link to find records for the person, it will use all the names you include. The search appears to ignore the parenthesis but doesn't seem to like the double quotes.