jasonpriem/human-name-parser

Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats and parses them out.

Version: 0.2, _(*1)

Date: 6 Sept. 2010, _(*2)

Author: Jason Priem jason@jasonpriem.com, _(*3)

Website: http://jasonpriem.com/human-name-parse, _(*4)

License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php, _(*5)

Description

Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats like:, _(*6)

• J. Walter Weatherman
• de la Cruz, Ana M.
• James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.

and parses out the:, _(*7)

• leading initial (Like "J." in "J. Walter Weatherman")
• first name (or first initial in a name like 'R. Crumb')
• nicknames (like "Jimmy" in "James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.")
• middle names
• last name (including compound ones like "van der Sar' and "Ortega y Gasset"), and
• suffix (like 'Jr.', 'III')