# Surname and Christian Names wrong way around

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/surname-and-christian-names-wrong-way-around/8475
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/surname-and-christian-names-wrong-way-around/8475 "2009-06-19T22:01:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![The\_Original\_Invisib](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/the_original_invisib/32/209_2.png) [@The\_Original\_Invisib](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Original_Invisib)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/surname-and-christian-names-wrong-way-around/8475/1 "2009-06-19T22:01:51Z")

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I have the artist tag in some of my files as

"Surname, Firstname"

How do I change it to

"Firstname Surname"

So "LA VETTE, BETTY" would change to "BETTY LA VETTE"

Any help appreciated

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/surname-and-christian-names-wrong-way-around/8475/2 "2009-06-20T06:59:15Z")

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Here are two examples from the regular expression thread:  
[Regular Expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/521/23)

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/surname-and-christian-names-wrong-way-around/8475/3 "2026-02-09T12:21:35Z")

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