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What should I do with two different preferred names?
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If a person has two preferred names, in my case for example Bonifaes and Boon, and the two names are variants of each other, how should I fill in the first name bars in wikitree?
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I would leave the Bonifaes as the first name as you have done, and then place the Boon in the preferred name box.
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