Attempt to parse and categorize the parts of names. Almost entirely focused on "western" style names.

With code borrowed from:

• https://github.com/bricooke/name_parser
• https://github.com/jasonpriem/HumanNameParser.php
• https://github.com/jconley88/NameParser

Built for use in Tixato by Figure 53.

gem install human_name_parser

require 'rubygems'
require 'human_name_parser'

name = HumanNameParser.parse 'George W. Bush Jr.'
name.first    # => 'George'
name.last     # => 'Bush'
name.initials # => 'GWB'
name.suffix   # => 'Jr.'
name.to_s     # => 'George W. Bush Jr.'

~/ $ git clone ... && cd human_name_parser
~/ $ bundle install
~/ $ rake

Handle nicknames

Handle strangely placed commas

Handle multiple last names. e.g., "Björn Charles O'Malley y Muñoz"

Handle multiple first names. e.g., "Mary Joe Francis Smith"