GTAngler posted:Few years ago I was a personal banker at a bank. I noticed quite a few immigrants, mostly Bangladeshi, had the first name Fnu on their passports. I had never heard of that name. Found out that it meant First Name Unknown. When they came here and only gave one name, the immigration officer put FNU.
Thanks Carib and GT.
My mother's signature at the bank was her thumb print, witnessed by the teller. I still have her RBC bank book, with a distinct thumb print, because her thumb was injured earlier in her life.
A further confusion for some indenture labourers was, the one name could be their first or last name.