# PatientName

Model ID: `PatientName`

No description.

Type: `object`

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Format | Allowed values | Default | Nullable | Description |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---:|---|
| `first_name` | `string` | Yes |  |  |  | No | Given (first) name. |
| `last_name` | `string` | Yes |  |  |  | No | Family (last) name. |
| `middle_name` | `string|null` | No |  |  |  | Yes | Middle name or initial, when present. |
| `preferred_name` | `string|null` | No |  |  |  | Yes | Preferred name the patient wishes to be called, when different from the legal first name. |
| `prefix` | `string|null` | No |  |  |  | Yes | Name prefix or honorific, e.g. 'Dr.', 'Mr.', 'Ms.' |
| `suffix` | `string|null` | No |  |  |  | Yes | Name suffix, e.g. 'Jr.', 'Sr.', 'III'. |
| `use` | [`NameUse`](./NameUse.md) | No |  |  | `"official"` | No | FHIR HumanName use: usual, official, temp, nickname, anonymous, old, maiden. |

## Example

None declared in canonical OpenAPI.