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Mrs and Mr His Full Name

English Language & Usage Asked by Isha Singh on April 28, 2021

My father’s name is Piyush Singh and my mother’s name is Seema Singh. My
question is whether referring to them as Mrs and Mr Piyush Singh wrong.

2 Answers

Even if your fa­ther were John Smith and your mother were Sarah Jones, the con­ven­tion you speak of lists the hus­band’s ti­tle first and uses his name only; you’d say Mr and Mrs John Smith for the mar­ried cou­ple to­gether, and nei­ther Sarah nor Jones would be men­tioned in this us­age. Mrs John Smith would still re­fer to Sarah Jones. Think of Mrs as read­ing “wife of” here.

This prac­tice in which the wife’s name be­comes com­pletely in­vis­i­ble is no longer at all so com­monly heard to­day as it was only a few short gen­er­a­tions ago, but it does still oc­ca­sion­ally sur­face, par­tic­u­larly with older peo­ple.

Some­times young peo­ple have never have heard of it, or may even find it trou­bling. I would not use this style un­less I al­ready knew it to be the cus­tom in your par­tic­u­lar speech com­mu­nity.

Answered by tchrist on April 28, 2021

In general, it is OK to call them Mr. and Mrs. Piyush Singh, however, there are some (mostly depending on their age) who would find this discriminatory. I would suggest that you stick with introducing them as; Piyush and Seema Singh. or go fully formal and spell out their full names, Mr. Piyush Singh and Mrs. Seema Singh.

Answered by Kevin B Leigh on April 28, 2021

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