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# patient_name

A name associated with the individual (`Patient.name[]`).

**Previous version:** [patient\_name](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient-name)

**Primary Keys:**

* patient\_name\_id

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id - links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base) table

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| Column | Data Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| patient\_name\_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the name row |
| patient\_id | varchar | Parent patient |
| last\_name† | varchar | Family name (FHIR family) |
| first\_name† | varchar | First given name |
| given\_names† | array | All given names as array (nulls removed) |
| suffixes† | array | Name suffixes as array (nulls removed) |
| prefixes† | array | Name prefixes as array (nulls removed) |
| name\_rank† | int | Order of this name within the patient (1-based) |
| data\_source\_ext† | varchar | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |

**Related Tables:**

**Parent:**

* [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v100/patient/base)


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