whereas it would normally reject a string of symbols or letters that "has no intrinsic sense of being a name" when registering a child, a suffix such as "III" would be accepted. Those who inherit a title of nobility do not use ordinal suffixes, but are distinguished from any ancestors with the same name by their position in the order of succession; for example Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington, is thus distinguished from his father, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Other European countries In French, the designations for a father and son with the same name are père (father) and fils (son), an example being Alexandre Dumas père and Alexandre Dumas fils. Le jeune (the young) may be used to distinguish between brothers. In Portuguese, common designations are Júnior (junior), Filho (son), Neto (grandson), Bisneto (great-grandson) and Sobrinho (nephew). In Dutch, "sr." and "jr." are used socially rather than legally, but the system is not extended to "III" and beyond. Instead, Piet de Vries jr. will become Piet de Vries sr. upon the death of his father if there is a grandson also named Piet to take on the junior title. Otherwise the suffix falls away. In Swedish, the den äldre (the elder) and den yngre (the younger), abbreviated d.ä. and d.y. respectively, are sometimes used to distinguish two people with the same name, often but not necessarily, father and son. An example is Gösta Ekman d.ä., actor and grandfather of actor Gösta Ekman d.y., cf. Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger which in Swedish are Plinius den äldre and Plinius den yngre. In Irish, "óg" (young), sometimes anglicised as "oge", may be used to distinguish two related people who might otherwise have the same name. See also Post-nominal letters List of post-nominal letters List of family name affixes (surname suffixes and prefixes) References English suffixes Titles