name-suffixes

Identify name suffixes

For the most part, this is just the code version of the Wikipedia page on name suffixes. Each suffix has three parts: a list of variants, which is a list of all of the versions of the same suffix that differ in more than punctation, whitespace, or capitalization; a canonical version, which is a standard way of identifying a single suffix, and a type, which is one of: generational, academic, professional or religious.

Installation

$ npm install --save name-suffixes

Usage

var nameSuffixes = require('name-suffixes').suffixes;
 
nameSuffixes.forEach(suffix => {
  console.log(suffix.variants); // ['Jr', 'II', 'Junior']
  console.log(suffix.canonical); // 'Jr'
  console.log(suffix.type); // generational
});
 
var isSuffix = require('nameSuffixes').isSuffix;
 
console.log(isSuffix('Sr')); // true
console.log(isSuffix('Wade')); // false
 
var canonize = require('nameSuffixes').canonize;
 
console.log(canonize('II')); // { variants: ['Jr', 'II', 'Junior'], canonical: 'jr', type: 'generational' }
console.log(canonize('Wade')); // undefined

License

MIT © Doug Wade