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[[:Category:Surname]] now exists for pages and categories dealing explicitly with surnames.  Perhaps [[:Category:Given Name]] would also be helpful.  –– [[User:Dontiknowyou|Dontiknowyou]] ([[User talk:Dontiknowyou|talk]]) 09:03, 9 August 2020 (MDT)
[[:Category:Surname]] now exists for pages and categories dealing explicitly with surnames.  Perhaps [[:Category:Given Name]] would also be helpful.  –– [[User:Dontiknowyou|Dontiknowyou]] ([[User talk:Dontiknowyou|talk]]) 09:03, 9 August 2020 (MDT)
== Personal names page and category names ==
Currently, [[:Category:Names Personal]] references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Subject_Headings Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)].  In keeping with LCSH the new category [[:Category:Surname]] would be [[:Category:Surnames]]. 
[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089622.html LCSH "Names, Personal"] has variants "Names of Persons" and "Personal names".  The variants provide page and category names that are more natural and easier to read.  Pages can be put in usable sort order by adding a hidden sort term in the wikilink.  Example: the Wikipedia category [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_counties_of_the_United_States_by_state Lists of counties of the United States by state] includes the page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Alabama List of counties in Alabama] under A.  Sort terms are boring to set up but make page titles and links much more readable.
The page [[Nepal Names, Personal]] could be renamed [[personal names in Nepal]] and still sort appropriately:  in the personal names category it would sort by "Nepal" and in the Nepal category it would sort by "Personal names" and/or "Names, personal".
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