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So let's say I wanted to kill, for example, David Connor with the death note.
But his full name would be David Winston Connor. Must I write his full name,
or is David Connor enough?


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Must you write the full name of a person in the death note to kill them?


I think David Connor should be enough as the death note requires you to know
the name of the person AND know the face of the person. So as long as you have
the face in your head, the middle name is not important.


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David Connnor should be enough, in [How to Use
I](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_I) it
says

> This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in
> their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same
> name will not be affected.

That alone should be enough. if, by some genetic miracle, 2 identical people
with the same name existed then adding the person's full name (ie. Troy Delu
vi La'Flash) may then allow the Death Note tell the difference between the 2.

**IF** , and this is a huge if, that 2 identical people with identical full
names existed then it's quite possible they will be immune unless the cause of
death was

> David Winston Connor dies from a heart attack in 40 seconds **after writing
> his own name in the death note**

but try and get someone to do that, also the odds of 2 people like that being
born is insanely huge.

NOTE: To clarify a point raised by trlkly, [How to Use:
LIII](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note#How_to_Use:_LIII)
talks about writing one's _name_ across multiple pages, Point 1 says it wont
work but Point 2 says that the front and back are still one page and talks
about writing the surname on the front and given name in the back. this seems
to imply that by _name_ it would refer to the _given_ and _surname_.


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