• megane-kun@lemm.ee
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    23 hours ago

    I was thinking of those composite names too, like Juan Miguel Archangel (John Michael Archangel) but the person having such a name would just choose at most two and would introduce themselves as John, or Michael, or Miguel.

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      16 hours ago

      Unless it rolls well out of the tongue like José Luís, almost all people with composite names go by one of the components or a specific short for that composite name.

      For example: José María get shortened to Chema, or María Teresa turns into Maite.