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thomas14/human-name-parser
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Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats and parses them out.

1.0.1(2mo ago)079MITPHP

Since Nov 20Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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*Note*: The 1.0 release requires PHP > 7.1.

Description
===========

[](#description)

Fork from HumanNameParser.php origninally by Jason Priem . 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.
- Dr. 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')
- title (like 'Dr.', 'Prof') *new*

How to use
==========

[](#how-to-use)

```
use HumanNameParser\Parser;

$nameparser = new Parser();
$name = $nameparser->parse("Alfonso Ribeiro");

echo "Hello " . $name->getFirstName();
```

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance86

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 72.1% 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

Every ~472 days

Total

2

Last Release

71d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2bac568a28928be489c9542893fa1a99a17ad096f93ed8dac21422dd5989a94e?d=identicon)[Thomas.](/maintainers/Thomas.)

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Top Contributors

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