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# Patient Name

> Schema documentation for the Patient Name table in the Metriport data model

The patient name table contains normalized name information for patients. This table supports multiple names per patient, allowing for historical name tracking, legal name changes, and aliases.

**Primary Keys:**

* patient\_id
* name\_rank

**Foreign Keys:**

* patient\_id - links to the [patient](/medical-api/handling-data/schema-v000/patient) table

| Column            | Data Type  | Description                                                 |
| ----------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| patient\_id       | varchar    | Unique identifier for the patient                           |
| last\_name        | varchar    | Family name (last name)                                     |
| first\_name       | varchar    | First given name                                            |
| given\_names      | varchar\[] | All given names for the family name as array of strings     |
| suffixes          | varchar\[] | Name suffixes as array of strings                           |
| prefixes          | varchar\[] | Name prefixes as array of strings                           |
| data\_source\_ext | varchar    | Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension |
| name\_rank        | integer    | Patient FHIR resource array order                           |