

Recently, many people have begun to add their dak nam to the middle or end of their full official name, resulting in names like "Saifuddin Kanchon Choudhuri" ( সাইফুদ্দীন কাঞ্চন চৌধুরী), where "Saifuddin" would be the man's bhalo nam, "Kanchon" would be his dak nam and "Choudhuri" would be his family name.

Though middle names are very common in Bangladesh, not every individual has one this applies to West Bengal as well.

in addition to their full Bhalo Nam and their Dak Nam. For example, Dipu ( Bengali: দিপু) for Dipok ( Bengali: দীপক), Faru ( Bengali: ফারু) for Farhana ( Bengali: ফারহানা) etc. Many people also have a shortened version of their Bhalo Nam. Bengali: বুবাই, romanized: Bubai) at home and by his Bhalo Nam ( Bengali: সুমন, romanized: Shumon) elsewhere. The two names may or may not be at all related for example, a man named "Shumon" or "Sumon" or "Suman" ( Bengali: সুমন) may be called by his Dak Nam (e.g. Many people in Bangladesh and West Bengal have two given names: a "good name" ( Bengali: ভালো নাম, romanized: Bhalo Nam), which is used on all legal documents, and a " call name" or "nickname" ( Bengali: ডাক নাম, romanized: Dak Nam), which is used by family members and close friends. Personal names may depend generally on the person's religion and also have origins from other languages like Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit and Pali, but they are used and pronounced as according to the native Bengali language. A name is usually cited in the " Western order" of "given name, surname", though the practise is neither adopted from the West nor it is universal. Personal names in Bengali-speaking countries consist of one or several given names and a surname.
