Is normalizing a person's name going too far?

Question

You usually normalize a database to avoid data redundancy. It\'s easy to see in a table full of names that there is plenty of redundancy. If your goal is to create a catalog

Answer 1

You often don't go over fourth form normalization in a database. Therefore seventh form normalization is quite a bit overboard. The only place this might even be a remotely plausible idea is in some kind of massive data warehouse.