Janice "Lokelani" Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele must carry two IDs since her driver's license can't accommodate her full name

Hawaiian Woman's 35-Letter Last Name Doesn't Fit on Her Driver's License

It’s back-to-school time, which means that students all over the country are enduring the mispronunciation of their last names while teachers try their best to get acclimated.

But with a surname like Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, mispronunciation and misspellings are just the beginning.

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Janice “Lokelani” Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, a Hawaiian resident, must carry two IDs since her driver’s license can’t accommodate her full name. Her license drops the 35th letter of her surname, so she also carries a state ID.

Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele says the driver’s license, which does not include her first or middle name, has caused her travel problems, including being questioned by police at a traffic stop.

“[The policeman] looked at it and he goes, ‘Well, where is your first name?’ And I said, ‘Don’t blame me. This is your department, this is the county.’ ” Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele explained to KHON News.

The county has requested that Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele use her maiden name or shorten her name. But the name honors the memory of Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele’s late husband, a native Hawaiian.

“How disrespectful of the Hawaiian people,” Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele said.

The Department of Transportation is now working to extend the limit to 40 characters, which will accommodate Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, KHON reports.