Yet another name parser (prefix, first, middle, last, and suffix)
npm install another-name-parserHere's yet another name parsing node.js library. It'll take a personal name
and returns a prefix (title), first (or given name), middle (or initial), last (or family name),
and suffix. It's designed for US English but could be useful elsewhere. It's inspired by a SQL script a
colleague pulled together long ago combined with inspiration from a few other libraries.
Via npm
``bash`
$ npm install another-name-parser
`javascript
const parser = require('another-name-parser');
const name = parser('Commissioner James "Jim" W. Gordon, Sr.');
// → { prefix: 'Commissioner',
// first: 'James',
// middle: 'W.',
// last: 'Gordon',
// suffix: 'Sr.',
// original: 'Commissioner James "Jim" W. Gordon, Sr.' }
`
* Handles many common prefixes/titles
Retains . that appear in the original name (Dr. → Dr., PhD → PhD*)
Recognizes common compound first names (Mary Jo, Juan Carlos*, etc.)
Recognizes common compound last name prefixes (St., Mac, Bin*, etc.)
Recognizes Last Name, First Name* order
Ignores quoted or parenthesized nicknames (Catherine "Cathy" Smith → Catherine Smith, James (Jim) Von Trapp → James Von Trapp*)
`bash``
npm test
Handle multiple names, e.g, Jim & Mark Anderson*
* Handle likely company names (maybe)
* My former colleague and whomever he got his original script from
* Some of the test cases and compound lastname prefixes came from the humanname module