Name Type
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See the Credits page for rules for entering the GCD Official Name.
For all other names entered for any creator, choose a type of name from the drop-down list.
- Name at Birth- first names and family name at birth
- Changed Name - first names and family name due to legal change (including marriage or gender change)
- Pen Name - any known signature, alias, abbreviation, or collaboration
- Common Alternative Name - regularly used minor deviations of normally credited names
- Shop Name - name of shop or studio worked for
- House Name - signature worked under (currently not available pending policy decision)
The following ones are deprecated and need to be removed
- Given (birth) Name – first name and any other legal names other than family name
- Family Name – surname
- Other Language Name – name as used in comics as spelled in characters other than our officially adopted language of record. Probably should have a 2 nd field attached, giving the ISO language codes for this
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