Certain words and symbols, if used as a name, prevent you from reserving that ancestor's name for temple ordinances. You see a message asking for more information.
If a sealing ordinance is listed as "Needs more information," look for the invalid name in the name of a spouse or parent.
Words to avoid
The list is not exhaustive, but it includes the terms that most commonly cause users problems.
| () | entry | mère | senhor | women |
| .. | father | misc | senhora | yes |
| ... | female | miscarriage | senhorita | господин |
| 不明 | flickebarn | miss | senor | 不詳 (unknown in Japanese Kanji) |
| フメイ | fnu | mister | señor | |
| abuela | fumei | mlle | senora | |
| abuelita | girl | mme | señora | |
| abuelito | gnu | mnu | senorita | |
| abuelo | grandfather | mort ne | señorita | |
| ancestor | grandma | mort-né | sig. | |
| ancestors | grand-mère | mother | sig.na | |
| anon | grandmother | Mrs. | sig.ra | |
| anon. | grandpa | mutter | signor | |
| anónim | grand-père | nn | signora | |
| anônim | Großmutter | n.n | signore | |
| anónimo | Großvater | n.n. | signorina | |
| anonym | her | nacido muerto | sin hijos | |
| anonymus | herr | name | sin nomb | |
| anonymous | herrn | natimorto | sin nombre | |
| avó | his | nephew | sister | |
| avô | hr. | never | snu | |
| baby | husband | nicht bekannt | son | |
| bastard | inconnu | nicht benannt | still born | |
| body | infant | niece | stillborn | |
| born death | information | no | tochter | |
| boy | inft | no issue | tot geboren | |
| brother | inft. | no name | tot geborn | |
| child | kinderlos | nom inconnu | totgeburt | |
| children | listed | none | twin | |
| cousin | live | not | twins | |
| data | living | not known | unbek | |
| daughter | lnu | not named | unbekannt | |
| dead | m. | other | unborn | |
| deadborn | ma. | padre | uncle | |
| deceased | madame | pai | unk | |
| desc. | mademoiselle | père | unknown | |
| desconhecido | madre | record | unnamed | |
| desconocido | mãe | records | un-named | |
| died | male | sans enfant | vater | |
| dodfodt | married | sem filhos | wife | |
| don't | men | sem nome | woman | |
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