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ismailelbery/arabic-name-translit
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Name-aware transliteration of Arabic personal names into Latin script — transliterates, never translates.

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Arabic Name Transliterator
==========================

[](#arabic-name-transliterator)

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Transliterate Arabic personal names into Latin script — **the right way**.

```
Transliterator::name('أمير');   // "Amir"   (not "prince")
Transliterator::name('أميرة');  // "Amira"  (not "princess")
```

Why this exists
---------------

[](#why-this-exists)

Generic engines *translate* names instead of *transliterating* them. Ask Google to render `أمير` and you get **"prince"**; `أميرة` becomes **"princess"** — because those words also *mean* prince and princess. Same trap with `جميل` ("beautiful"), `نور` ("light"), `سعيد` ("happy").

A name is a phonetic token, never a semantic one. This package treats it that way and **never consults a translation source**. Known names are mapped directly from a curated dictionary; unknown names fall back to a phonetic rule engine.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require ismailelbery/arabic-name-translit
```

Requires PHP 8.1+. Laravel users get auto-discovery (service provider + facade) out of the box.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Quick

[](#quick)

```
use Ismail\NameTranslit\Transliterator;

Transliterator::name('أمير');                         // "Amir"
Transliterator::name('أميرة');                        // "Amira"
Transliterator::name('فاطمة');                        // "Fatima"
Transliterator::name('محمد', style: 'gulf');          // "Mohammad"
Transliterator::name('محمد', style: 'egyptian');      // "Mohamed"
Transliterator::name('عبد الرحمن', standard: 'icao');  // "ABDULRAHMAN"
```

### Fluent

[](#fluent)

```
Transliterator::make()
    ->standard('common')   // common | icao | din31635 | ala_lc
    ->style('gulf')        // regional spelling convention
    ->name('أميرة');
```

Standards
---------

[](#standards)

StandardOutputUse case`common``Amir`Human-readable; respects regional `style`.`icao``AMIR`Doc 9303 / MRZ — passports, manifests.`din31635`*(v1.1)*Academic, diacritic-based.`ala_lc`*(v1.1)*Library cataloguing standard.The `icao` standard is deterministic: uppercase output, `AL` article handling, no trailing taa-marbuta vowel, and compound names joined per Doc 9303. This is the path for compliance-driven systems (government records, Hajj/Umrah manifests, travel documents).

Styles (common standard only)
-----------------------------

[](#styles-common-standard-only)

Style`محمد``أمير`defaultMohammedAmir`gulf`MohammadAmeer`egyptian`MohamedAmirHow it resolves
---------------

[](#how-it-resolves)

Each name is normalized (hamza/tashkeel/tatweel stripped), then resolved in order:

1. **Dictionary** — exact lookup of known names. The primary path; this is what prevents the prince/princess bug.
2. **Compound** — splits on particles (`عبد`, `أبو`, `ابن`, `بنت`, `آل`) and the definite article `ال`, then re-resolves each part.
3. **Rule engine** — phonetic fallback for genuinely unknown names.

Handles taa marbuta endings (`ة` → `a`), initial hamza, long vowels (`ي`/`و`), and the definite article per the active standard.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

The dictionary is the heart of the package — the more curated names it holds, the better it performs. Additions to `data/names.male.php` and `data/names.female.php` (with regional alternates) are the most valuable contribution you can make. Keys must be stored **normalized** (no hamza on alif, no tashkeel).

Roadmap
-------

[](#roadmap)

- **v1.0** — Common + ICAO standards, dictionary + rule engine, Laravel integration.
- **v1.1** — DIN 31635 and ALA-LC standards, expanded regional styles.
- **Experimental** — reverse transliteration (Latin → Arabic). Stubbed, not yet implemented.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance100

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

0d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43496512?v=4)[IsmailElbery](/maintainers/IsmailElbery)[@IsmailElbery](https://github.com/IsmailElbery)

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Top Contributors

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laraveltransliterationarabicnamesphoneticICAOdoc9303

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