Post-nominal letters, also called "post-nominal initials" or "post-nominal titles", are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. The order in which these are listed after a name is based on the order of precedence and category of the order. Examples of post-nominal letters: A Knight Commander of the Order of the British Emp… (More on Postnominal)