# The Right to a Name in Taiwan **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwan Politics\ **Created:** [September 24, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861 "2026-09-24T13:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silly.putty](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/silly.putty/32/39_2.png) [@silly.putty](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/silly.putty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/41 "2026-09-26T02:24:27Z")
Who says you need to keep it to 3 or fewer characters? > **[List of longest names in Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_names_in_Taiwan)** > > According to name act in Taiwan, a Taiwanese citizen may have one legal name. A Taiwanese indigenous person or an ethnic minority member may register a name in accordance with their culture and customs. A Taiwanese indigenous person can also restore their ethnic name if a Han Chinese name was registered before. While a person can change their name if their transliteration is too long, the law doesn't limit the length of a person's name. A person can change their name three times in their lifetim... ---
**Author:** ![RandomName](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@RandomName](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RandomName)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/42 "2026-09-26T02:28:06Z")
Many business websites only allow 3 characters. ---
**Author:** ![Brianjones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Brianjones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Brianjones)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:30am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/43 "2026-09-26T02:30:26Z")
Good luck with getting anything done with the long Chinese name. ---
**Author:** ![slawa](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/slawa/32/112823_2.png) [@slawa](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/slawa)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/44 "2026-09-26T02:40:07Z")
> [@RandomName](#): > > just to go full retard. Then also add salmon 鮭魚 ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/45 "2026-09-26T04:13:00Z")
But i exercised my right to do so. I wasn’t denied my right to use as many characters as I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Shaun008](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shaun008/32/209482_2.png) [@Shaun008](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Shaun008)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/46 "2026-09-26T04:16:39Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > Nobody forced me to take a ‘Chinese name’. It’s just my name in the Chinese script. I could have added my whole surname and it would have been fine but impractical. My name in both English and Chinese script is the same, including family name, I know people who have romanised chinese names, on there ID, indidunad names are also romanised on the ID and passport (sometimes people have both chinese and romanised on the ID). > [@Taiwan just (slightly) relaxed Dual Citizenship Rules](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-just-slightly-relaxed-dual-citizenship-rules/159031/3122): > > Losing your family name to presumably keep it under 3 characters is certainly a change in name. Not a thing, I known two Taiwanese with 4 characters names, one of the options for the conversion of mine was 4 but it felt a little clunky. I think the ID card has space for up to 6 printed but there is an option for hand-written ones (I have only seen this with a long Indigenous name but it think its available for Chinese also). > [@Taiwan just (slightly) relaxed Dual Citizenship Rules](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taiwan-just-slightly-relaxed-dual-citizenship-rules/159031/3125): > > Many business websites only allow 3 characters. You can report them as discriminatory due to the naming act or whatever it was called. Yes I need to use Chinese script on official documents, Taiwanese need to use a romanised script on UK documents, it’s the same principle. The difference is Taiwan has an official conversion to a romanised script you can use and most people do, as the system is already set up, it’s easy but not compulsory. Romanised to Chinese has no official standardisation so it’s up to individual interpretation, you aren’t made to change your name you’re just made to choose your Chinese representation of It. If there was an official romanised to script you would just have a name assigned then maybe the option to change it, same as Taiwanese do. ---
**Author:** ![Mataiou](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/mataiou/32/178744_2.png) [@Mataiou](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Mataiou)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/47 "2026-09-26T04:38:04Z")
I have four in my name and have yet to encounter a website restricting to 3 characters only. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 5:34am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/48 "2026-09-26T05:34:05Z")
> [@Brianjones](#): > > Good luck with getting anything done with the long Chinese name. Not even that. Writing mine fully transliterated would be a grueling 11 characters. I do value my sanity. ---
**Author:** ![RandomName](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@RandomName](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RandomName)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/49 "2026-09-26T06:11:19Z")
丁一 would be an easy name. ---
**Author:** ![bz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ec9cab/32.png) [@bz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/bz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/50 "2026-09-26T07:35:37Z")
> [@RandomName](#): > > 丁一 would be an easy name. Tempting! :rofl: ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/51 "2026-09-26T08:11:43Z")
I’m not choosing the name for my dinghy for my Chinese name. ---
**Author:** ![RandomName](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@RandomName](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/RandomName)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/52 "2026-09-26T09:07:55Z")
How about 丁啊林 … i think it has a good ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861/53 "2026-09-27T01:28:32Z")
> [@RandomName](#): > > How about 丁啊林 … i think it has a good ring to it. [I don’t wanna get copyright strikes!](https://youtu.be/DMuTvoD1QNs) [Previous page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/the-right-to-a-name-in-taiwan/259861.md?page=2)