personName resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Represents extended name information provided by the user or which they have associated within their profile.

Inherits from itemFacet.

Methods

Method	Return type	Description
List names	personName collection	Get the personName resources from the names navigation property.
Create personName	personName	Create a new personName object from the names navigation property.
Get personName	personName	Read the properties and relationships of a personName object.
Update personName	personName	Update the properties of a personName object.
Delete personName	None	Deletes a personName object.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
allowedAudiences	String	The audiences that are able to see the values contained within the entity. Inherited from itemFacet. Possible values are: me, family, contacts, groupMembers, organization, federatedOrganizations, everyone, unknownFutureValue.
createdBy	identitySet	Provides the identifier of the user and/or application that created the entity. Inherited from itemFacet.
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Provides the dateTimeOffset for when the entity was created. Inherited from itemFacet.
displayName	String	Provides an ordered rendering of firstName and lastName depending on the locale of the user or their device.
first	String	First name of the user.
id	String	Identifier used for individually addressing the entity. Inherited from entity
inference	inferenceData	Contains inference detail if the entity is inferred by the creating or modifying application. Inherited from itemFacet.
initials	String	Initials of the user.
languageTag	String	Contains the name for the language (en-US, no-NB, en-AU) following IETF BCP47 format.
last	String	Last name of the user.
lastModifiedBy	identitySet	Provides the identifier of the user and/or application that last modified the entity. Inherited from itemFacet.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Provides the dateTimeOffset for when the entity was created. Inherited from itemFacet.
maiden	String	Maiden name of the user.
middle	String	Middle name of the user.
nickname	String	Nickname of the user.
pronunciation	yomiPersonName	Guidance on how to pronounce the users name.
source	personDataSource	Where the values originated if synced from another service. Inherited from itemFacet.
suffix	String	Designators used after the users name (eg: PhD.)
title	String	Honorifics used to prefix a users name (eg: Dr, Sir, Madam, Mrs.)

Relationships

None.

JSON representation

The following is a JSON representation of the resource.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.personName",
  "id": "e13f7a4d-303c-464f-a6af-80ea18eb74f3",
  "allowedAudiences": "organization",
  "inference": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.inferenceData"
  },
  "createdDateTime": "2020-07-06T06:34:12.2294868Z",
  "createdBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-07-06T06:34:12.2294868Z",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "source": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.personDataSource"
  },
  "displayName": "Innocenty Popov",
  "first": "Innocenty",
  "initials": "IP",
  "last": "Popov",
  "languageTag": "en-US",
  "maiden": null,
  "middle": null,
  "nickname": "Kesha",
  "suffix": null,
  "title": null,
  "pronunciation": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.yomiPersonName"
  }
}