NameAPI is a web API
to handle people's names
in your software.

News

14.04.2025

Dictionary Update: Kyrgyz Names Added

We’ve expanded our database with a rich collection of Kyrgyz names. This update includes 7,500...


31.03.2025

Dictionary Update: Urdu Names

Our growing graph name database now includes around 10,100 terms in Urdu script along with their...


28.03.2025

Maintenance Notice

We would like to inform you that during the course of today, we will be performing scheduled...


24.02.2025

Version 10.7.0 Released

Release of Optimaize PII Platform, version 10.7.0.


20.01.2025

2024 Around the World

2024 has been a pivotal year for Optimaize, with notable advancements in our software capabilities,...


Name Formatter

The Name Formatter displays personal names in the desired form. This includes the order as well as upper and lower case writing.

  Examples by culture:
Examples:
  1. JEAN-CLAUDE LAFORGE
  2. g. HeMaChAnDrA TeNnEkOoN
  3. PEtER VaN DeR SaR
  4. στυλιανος αλέξανδρος παπαδόπουλος
  5. лЕв нИкОлАеВиЧ ТоЛсТоЙ
  6. JOHN DOE
  7. NGUYỄN QUANG DŨNG
  8. HASSAN ABDUL-AZIZ AL-MASRI
  9. FrAU ANGELA MeRkeL
  10. FAMILIE HANSEN
  11. josé maria fernández gonzález

  Examples by culture:
Examples:
  1. FRK. FREJA SØRENSEN
  2. FATIMA HUSSAIN
  3. MANUEL TAVARES FERNANDES
  4. АНДРІЙ ШЕВЧЕНКО
  5. QUANG DŨNG NGUYỄN
  6. FAMILIE HANSEN
  7. yamAmoto tAkEshi


  Examples by culture:
Examples:
  1. HASSAN ABDUL-AZIZ AL-MASRI
  2. ЛЕВ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ ТОЛСТОЙ
  3. john p. doe
  4. LEVENTE MÁTÉ SZABÓ
  5. MARCELLO ANDReA RoSSI
  6. MAUD SOLVEIG WIKSTRÖM
  7. IKROM O'KTAMOVICH NAZAROV
  8. ЕРАСЫЛ НУРТАЕвИЧ КаЛИеВ
  9. LEV NIKOLAyEVICH TOLSTOY

 

Developer: see the technical specification of the REST service.

 

Applications

  • Prettify sloppily entered user data before storing.
  • Prettify names before addressing the person.
  • Prettify records in a database containing only upper case letters.