<p>I’m Swedish, and we don’t have the “first name / middle name / last name” system… you can theoretically have any number of first names followed by your last name, and you only use one of the first names in everyday speech, but it can be any of them (not necessarily the one that comes first). So my name is Teresia Elisabeth E******, but my “first” name is Elisabeth, and I never use Teresia because I don’t care for the name. It’s a real nuisance when it comes to doing paperwork here in the US, because the format doesn’t allow for it. I’m seriously considering dropping my “other” name just to get out of having to deal with the bureaucracy of it.</p>