Java name parse library?

Question

I\'m searching for a library similar in functionality to the Perl Lingua::EN::NameParse module. Essentially, I\'d like to parse strings like \'Mr. Bob R. Smith\' into prefix

Answer 1

Apache Commons has the HumanNameParser class.

https://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-text/jacoco/org.apache.commons.text.names/HumanNameParser.java.html

 Name nextName = parser.parse("James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.")
 String firstName = nextName.getFirstName();
 String nickname = nextName.getNickName();