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Question: How do people with compound surnames determine their initials!?
What's my initials if my name is "Deiter Van Der Vaart" or "Louis De Vertuille" or "Richard O'Neil" or "Peter McDonald"!?

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
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 tanvsWww@QuestionHome@Com

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!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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DVDV
LDV
RO
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