Should I put 「名・姓」 on a business card to avoid confusion?


I'm getting some business cards made up and will have my Western name in both
Latin and Katakana. I've noticed that sometimes there is a bit of confusion
when I verbally tell people my name, with them sometimes opting to use my
first name when they probably intended to use my family name.

To avoid this confusion I was thinking of adding 「名・姓」 to my business card
right under the Katakana for my name. Is that the correct way to phrase the
hint, and is it a good idea to include it? If not, what would you recommend to
avoid this confusion?

For reference the card will look like this (example name):

### John Smith  

##### ジョン・スミス

「名・姓」




People sometimes capitalize surnames to clarify although I'm not sure a lot of
people do this for business cards.

That is, in case of John Smith, it is written

> John SMITH  
>  ジョン スミス

* * *

At least if your name is uncommon enough (to the extent that most Japanese
won't tell which is surname), I think it is reasonable to add 名・姓, but
probably something like "ジョン(名) スミス(姓)" with smaller fonts for 名・姓 looks
better. (This is just an opinion.)

