Pre-nominal letters
Pre-nominal letters are a
title which is placed
before the name of a person as distinct from a
post-nominal title which is placed
after the name. Examples of pre-nominal titles, for instance professional titles include:
Doctor,
Eur Ing, Ir (
Ingenieur) and
Professor; whilst other common social titles are
Mr.,
Ms.,
Mrs. and
Miss. Pre-nominal letters are generally
social, but can be
professional in nature.
In some
Continental European countries all
academic degrees were traditionally pre-nominal. Examples of pre-nominal academic degrees, for instance in the German speaking countries include:
Dipl.-Ing. (Engineer's Degree),
Dipl.-Kfm. (Master's degree in management),
Dipl.-Phys. (Master's degree in physics),
Dr.-Ing. (German doctorate in engineering),
Dr.med. (German
M.D.) and
Mag. (Austrian Master's degree (Magister)) in all disciplines except engineering). Due the
Bologna process most of these pre-nominal degrees will be replaced by post-nominal Bachelor's and Master's degrees.
*
Suffix*
Title
