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jasonpriem/human-name-parser
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Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats and parses them out.

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Name: HumanNameParse.php

Version: 0.2

Date: 6 Sept. 2010

Author: Jason Priem

Website:

License:

Description
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Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats like:

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

and parses out the:

- 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')

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity47

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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