Template:Non-Germanic van name


 * This is not a Germanic name; the family name is , not .''

Usage
This template is for non-Germanic middle and surnames that can be mistaken for multi-part Germanic surnames. Usage example: "" It should be placed at the top of the article, before the article introduction, page-top image or sidebar infobox, but after any page-top templates such as dispute or maintenance tags, disambiguation links/templates. Please port this documentation to other name templates of this sort (Chinese, etc.)

This template can be used for any non-Germanic name of this sort (Von Chung, Van Sing, Van Jung, etc.) It should not be used for entirely Asian names that are very unlikely to be confused with Germanic surnames (e.g. Pham Van Tranh, Li Von Tsiu, etc.)  NB: Chung, Sing and Jung are in fact actual German surnames; especially when combined with a Western given name, disambiguation per this template may be called for with such names. It can also be used with European or Euro-Asian (Filipino, etc.) names of this form (e.g. Juan Van Corteza), since non-Western readers may not know enough about the difference between, say, Spanish and Dutch to be certain.

This template should not be used at the same time as other templates in the same class, even if both seem to apply. For example, the article on Nguyễn Văn Cốc would use but not, because the second template would not add in any way to disambiguating the surname from the rest of the name. If the subject of the article went exclusively by Coc Van Nguyen, then the latter template would be used, since the former would not do anything to disambiguate, as the name order is already what English-speaking readers expect.