Thread:Gsimenas/@comment-34784383-20180517222223/@comment-27804122-20180518074411

In my country there are no definitions as "first and second names". We use the surname first. Then the name, then patronymic.

[Nikolai Nikolaevich] - Name and patronymic. When you talk to a person.

[Nikolaev Nikolai Nikolaevich]- Surname, name, patronymic, when you name a person fully.

Because the US use names first, and Japan uses surnames first, it was really hard for me to understand, which was there, since I was not familiar with Japanese names and surnames.For a long time, I though, Kirito's name was Kirigaya. Though, it is fine for me to call him by his surname. This is how we do here.

So I am pretty fine with surnames going first.