suffix in or suffix to (a name)?

Subject: suffix in or suffix to (a name)?
From: "Jill Mohan" <jillemo -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:14:03 -0500

When searching for a person with a suffix in their name, do this.

or

When searching for a person with a suffix to their name, do this.

Anybody know which is correct - either grammatically or human-intelligence-wise?

The snob in me says that the masses would prefer to read the first
rendering, but that the second rendering is the proper one.
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