In English, names are usually written in the format:
[First given name] [family name], e.g.
John O'Reilly
Sometimes they are written:
[First given name] [other given names] [family name], e.g.
John Timothy O'Reilly
When using initials, it is the same, e.g.
J. O'Reilly, or
J.T. O'Reilly
But it is also very common, in certain situations, e.g. school roll (high school, university tutorial list etc.) to put the family name first, but this is posted with a comma, e.g.
O'Reilly, John Timothy
And in other places, e.g. an index, it is done with initials instead, also with a comma:
O'Reilly, J.T.
When doing three letters in a row, it is almost always the given name first, then the family name, e.g.
JTO
For John T. O'Reilly (that's another common way to write names).
Bill Gates' TLA (three letter acronym) would be:
BHG
Best Answer
The name of this device dates back to the year 1908. It comes from French ornithoptère meaning a machine designed to fly be mechanical flapping of wings.
Here, Greek ornitho- meaning brid + Greek -pteron meaning "wing".
So, we have the word ornithopter.