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PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)

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^(?<given_name>(?:[^.,!?;:\s]+\s)*?(?:[^.,!?;:\s]+))(?:\s(?:(?<middle_initial>[^.,!?;:\s])(?:\.\s|\.)?)??(?<family_name>(?:(?:(?:(?:a|ab|af|ap|abu|aït|al|ālam|at|ath|aust|austre|bar|bath|bat|ben|bin|ibn|bet|bint|da|das|de la|degli|del|dele|della|der|di|dos|du|e|el|fetch|vetch|fitz|i|ka|kil|gil|la|le|lille|lu|m'|mac|mc|mck|mhic|mic|mala|mellom|myljom|na||ned|nedre|neder|ngā|nic||nin|nord|norr|ny|o|ó|ua||opp|upp|öfver|ost|öst|öster|øst|østre|över|øvste|øvre|øver|öz|pour|putra|putera|putri|puteri|setia|setya|stor|söder|sør|sønder|syd|søndre|syndre|søre|te|ter|ter|tre|van|van de|van den|van der|van het|van 't|väst|väster|verch|erch|vest|vestre|vesle|vetle|von|war|zu|von und zu)\s)?[^.,!?;:\s]+)-)?(?:(?:a|ab|af|ap|abu|aït|al|ālam|at|ath|aust|austre|bar|bath|bat|ben|bin|ibn|bet|bint|da|das|de la|degli|del|dele|della|der|di|dos|du|e|el|fetch|vetch|fitz|i|ka|kil|gil|la|le|lille|lu|m'|mac|mc|mck|mhic|mic|mala|mellom|myljom|na||ned|nedre|neder|ngā|nic||nin|nord|norr|ny|o|ó|ua||opp|upp|öfver|ost|öst|öster|øst|østre|över|øvste|øvre|øver|öz|pour|putra|putera|putri|puteri|setia|setya|stor|söder|sør|sønder|syd|søndre|syndre|søre|te|ter|ter|tre|van|van de|van den|van der|van het|van 't|väst|väster|verch|erch|vest|vestre|vesle|vetle|von|war|zu|von und zu)\s)?[^.,!?;:\s]+)??(?:,?\s(?<suffix>Sr\.?|Snr|Jr\.?|Jnr|[IVX]+))?)?$
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gmi

Description

Full name splitter for decomposing names into individual parts. Handles honorifics, given name, first name, middle names, last/family name, generational suffixes, and a capture for post nominal information. See gist for more info

Submitted by johnrcui - a month ago (Last modified a month ago)