Representing French names under PRI #434

[Leopold Tal]

Hi all,

First, I'm excited to hear about the Person Name Formatting proposal!
Thanks to Mark Davis & co for their hard work.

In France, a person has one or more given names[1], which may contain
spaces[2] and are separated by commas[3].

A person might thus have given names "Sophie", "Marie Lou", and "Anne
Lise", and surname "Example". This person would expect to see her full
name formatted as "Sophie, Marie Lou, Anne Lise EXAMPLE" in a fr_FR
legal document, and as "Sophie Marie Lou Anne Lise EXAMPLE" in an
en_US one.

Under the 2021-11-01 version, middleName is a single field and must
insert the commas or spaces itself, instead of leaving the choice up
to the namePattern.

Sources:

[1] <https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F882> "Il
n'y a pas de règle sur le nombre de prénoms de l'enfant."

[2] Ibid. "S'il y a un prénom composé, il doit indiquer s'il souhaite
séparer les prénoms par un tiret ou par un simple espace."

[3] Example of French ID card with comma-separated names
<https://mairie-moulon.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/csm_carte-identite_69ff8c46f1.jpg>

Best regards,

Leo de Gaillande