# Sending Emails - First Name / Last Name

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658 "2017-02-23T19:29:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Dez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dez](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Dez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658/1 "2017-02-23T19:29:37Z")

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I collect sign up data as follows:  
  
  
  
First Name  
  
Email Address  
  
  
  
When I use  
  
Dear {contactfield=firstname}‍,  
  
  
  
Many people don’t read the form correctly and enter fist name and last name.  
  
  
  
e.g. John Smith  
  
  
  
The email sent says:  
  
  
  
Dear John Smith,  
  
  
  
Is there a way to force Mautic to only use the first word in the firstname field if there are two or more words?  
  
  
  
Or is the only option to:  
  
  
  
a) manipulate the date somehow in the database  
  
b) Force only one word in the Firstname field on the form itself?  
  
  
  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Dez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dez](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Dez)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658/2 "2017-02-23T19:29:37Z")

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I collect sign up data as follows:

First Name  
Email Address

When I use  
Dear {contactfield=firstname}‍,

Many people don’t read the form correctly and enter fist name and last name.

e.g. John Smith

The email sent says:

Dear John Smith,

Is there a way to force Mautic to only use the first word in the firstname field if there are two or more words?

Or is the only option to:

a) manipulate the date somehow in the database  
b) Force only one word in the Firstname field on the form itself?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Dez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dez](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Dez)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658/3 "2017-02-24T18:46:05Z")

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Or would this have to be done in e.g. PhpmyAdmin? Could this cause issues for Mautic if the data was manipulated?

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**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658/4 "2017-02-24T21:43:17Z")

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Edit the contact that “don’t read well” and change there the first name and last name in mautic.

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**Author:** ![Dez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Dez](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Dez)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/sending-emails-first-name-last-name/7658/5 "2017-03-03T17:01:14Z")

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@nnjoan - good idea, although there are too many to do manually. Apparently AWeber have this feature:

[https://github.com/mautic/mautic/issues/3217](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/issues/3217)

Would be great to have in Mautic.