Title
qualified name, rank, or other indication of a class or role given to or inherited by a person, often affixed to a person's name
A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify their generation, official position, military rank, professional or academic qualification, or nobility. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the first and last name (for example, Graf in German or clerical titles such as Cardinal in Catholic usage – Richard Cardinal Cushing). Some titles are hereditary.
Types
Titles include:
Honorific titles or styles of address, a phrase used to convey respect to the recipient of a communication, or to recognize an attribute such as:
Imperial, royal and noble rank
Academic degree
Social title, prevalent among certain sections of society due to historic or other reasons.
Other accomplishment, as with a title of honor
Title of authority, an identifier that specifies the office or position held by an official
Titles in English-speaking areas
Common titles
Mr. – All males
Ms. – Adult women
Mrs. – Married women (includes widows and divorcées)
Miss – Unmarried women and girls (form of address)
Madam (also Madame and Ma'am) – Formal form of address for an adult woman. Also used with an official position, similar to "Mister" for men, e.g.
The public source identifies “Title” as qualified name, rank, or other indication of a class or role given to or inherited by a person, often affixed to a person's name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Title, qualified and name.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Title”, the useful work is to connect “qualified name, rank, or other indication of a class or role given to or inherited by a person, often affixed to a person's name” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q216353. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Title”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Title primary sources, Title archive and Title research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Title” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.