Salvador (Dali) Dalí i Domènech (1904 - 1989)

Note that his proper Catalan name is Joan Miró i Ferrà. The first family name is Miró and the second is Ferrà. The Last Name at Birth here on WikiTree is shown as Miro to make it easier for English-speakers to find this page.

We have the current & other last name fields that can be used to make the profiles findable. I would be more inclined to follow the guidelines there than what's written here, unless a significant number of people disagree- regardless, the discrepancy should be amended, either by changing the name on Dalí & Miró's profiles, or by changing the convention standards detailed on the space page.

For my part, I'm of the impression we're trying to make WT more accessible, less Anglocentric- attempting to accommodate as many languages & naming systems as possible, in which case ignoring what we admit is the proper name for the sake of making things easier for Anglophones seems a poor excuse. If I'm mistaken, I defer to Spain Project leadership.

But, regardless of whether we list the full name or not for the LNAB, it does seem a mistake that on both profiles, Dalí & Miró's LNABs are spelt without the accents.

What sense has Dalí is not written with accent? And why use the baphtism names, who nobody uses in Catalonia, except the priest in his bathtism book, and not the second lastname, who everybody uses??

His real name is Salvador Dalí i Domènech.

Here you are his father wikipedia entry:

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD_i_Cus%C3%AD

or 2 other Catalan VIPs:

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD_i_Cornet

https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau_Gasol_i_S%C3%A1ez

Thank you for the input- It's good to hear from a native Catalan. We're in complete agreement, especially regarding the Last Name at Birth, though I do want to ask about the baptismal name-

You're right, of course, that no one uses any name other than Salvador in reference to him. Catalans are far from the only people, though, who do this with the numerous baptismal names, of which only one is ever used, & with most naming conventions the projects I'm aware of try to list all the names in the First Name at Birth field (wrongly called the "Proper" First Name, but oh well; would be better to say "official," perhaps), with the given name in standard usage given as the "Preferred" or display name. This is because there are often people who choose different names from those given at baptism to go by, & occasionally (perhaps rarely) change the one they use in different contexts or stages of life. Catalan & Spanish names are far from my area of expertise (so, of course, I'll defer to you), but for Germans, for instance, my great-great-great-grandfathers are all listed with their baptismal names (Johann Michael, Johann Heinrich, Johann Jacob, etc...), which were never used, as FNAB, & the actual name in use (Michael, Heinrich, Jacob...) as preferred, just as a means of avoiding confusion. This makes sense to me, but again I'll happily defer to you & the Spain Project, who I hope might review this profile soon (if not, I may make a post on G2G).

Although not Catalan, I've been getting around to making a biography (not yet put up) for the Spanish poet Lorca- the format I've used there is what I was thinking might work best, & follows the Spain Project's conventions listed above as well.

Thanks again, & best regards, T.L. Koehnline