Split full name into first and last name

By default, bookers enter their full name in one field. You can split the Your name booking question into separate First name and Last name fields.

Split the name field

Go to Links and open the Link you want to update.
Select Booking form. Under Booking questions, find Your name and click Edit.

Booking questions with Edit highlighted beside Your name

Turn on Split “Full name” into “First name” and “Last name”.
Optionally customize each field’s Label and Placeholder. First name is always required. Last name is optional by default; select Make this field required under Field 2 to require it.
Click Save in the dialog, then Save on the Link.

Name question dialog with the split-name toggle enabled and separate settings for first and last name

Bookers now see two fields instead of one. With the default settings, only First name has a required asterisk.

Public booking form with separate First name and Last name fields filled with Jane Example

To return to one full-name field, turn off the split-name toggle and save both the dialog and the Link.

Booking API requests

For booking endpoints that accept a responses object, you can send the split name like this:

{
  "responses": {
    "name": { "firstName": "Jane", "lastName": "Example" },
    "email": "jane@acme.com"
  }
}

When last name is optional, you can omit lastName or send an empty string. If you make it required, provide a non-empty value. These endpoints also accept a full-name string and split it at the first space, so existing string-based integrations do not have to switch to an object. API v2 uses a different request format: send the full name as a string in attendee.name, even when the Link uses split fields. For example, the attendee portion of a request is:

{
  "attendee": {
    "name": "Jane Example",
    "email": "jane@acme.com",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  }
}

​Split the name field

​Booking API requests

Split the name field

Booking API requests