I have a Lebanese colleague who has a brother who is now a French citizen. I don't know if it applies to all French nationals/citizens, but his nephew was given 3 "first names" - an Arabic name, French name and an English name all on his passport. Later on when he is 16 ( or 18 I forgot) he can choose which name(s) he would like to keep. Just made things simpler for the parents. 😅
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Three first names is quite a lot, but it's cool to have some kind of history to your lineage behind each name. It is cultural for some of my students to have 2-3 middle names. So they really only are heard when they walk across the stage at graduation time...if they choose to use them all.