Issues

• Under a family-first order, should Pérez de la Vega Juan read given 'Juan'? The particle chain takes the given name, and two_family_names can't take it back

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#1024 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 3, 2026

• Should a family read as two surnames split into particles and base per surname? Juan Pérez de la Vega reads family_base 'Pérez Vega'

  designenhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1022 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 3, 2026 · 3.0
  

• render(): write one field as initials, e.g. "Maria F." or "M. Ferreira"

  designenhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1013 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 3, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should a new method beside matches() treat names the vocabulary knows are the same as equal (Wm. Smith = William Smith, Jr. = Junior)?

  designenhancementquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#1006 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 3, 2026
  

• 3.1: delete the 2.x Lexicon translation — refuse 2.x pickles, shorten the old-spelling errors

  breaking-change
  derek73/python-nameparser#1003 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 2, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should B.Pharm, C.Psych and M.Kes be listed credentials, now that Ahmed Ali M.Hassan loses its surname to the same guess?

  designquestionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#998 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 2, 2026
  

• Should Иванов И.И. read family 'Иванов' under locales.RU, where it now reads family 'И.И.'?

  designenhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#995 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 2, 2026
  

• Should tools/zh_surnames.py take a mainland-weighted third ranking, so the next 付 is caught without a hand addition?

  questiontoolingvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#981 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should Maestra before a name read as a title in the Spanish pack? Maestra Ana Ruiz Paz

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#980 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a dotted degree acronym (L.C.P., C.P.) read as a title, like its one-period spelling? L.C.P. Ana Ruiz Paz vs LCP. Ana Ruiz Paz

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#979 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a leading C. (ciudadano) read as a title in the Spanish pack? C. Ana Ruiz Paz

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#978 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a connective join two titles that only their period makes titles, as in Ing. et Ing. Jan Novák?

  question
  derek73/python-nameparser#970 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should an unlisted abbreviation after a full name and a comma read as a post-nominal, as in Jan Novák, DiS.?

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#969 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a peerage written after a comma stay a title, as in John Smith, 3rd Earl of Ashby?

  question
  derek73/python-nameparser#968 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a peer's designation with a two-word place stay whole, as in Baroness Doe of Kings Heath?

  question
  derek73/python-nameparser#967 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should a hyphenated rank (Air Vice-Marshal, Vice-Admiral) read as a title like the spaced form?

  question
  derek73/python-nameparser#966 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should common British post-nominals (KC, FREng, DL, FRS, PC…) be in the vocabulary, so Jane Doe KC keeps family Doe?

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#965 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 31, 2026
  

• Should two_family_names leave a known given name out of the family, so "José Luis Pérez" keeps family "Pérez"?

  designvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#959 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 30, 2026
  

• Should Fritz Freiherr und von Bar read family_base 'Freiherr und von Bar' rather than 'und'?

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#939 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 29, 2026 · 3.0
  

• Should Baron, Bishop, Judge and the other title words borne as names read as names outside a title phrase? (Baron Davis → title 'Baron', no given name)

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#913 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 27, 2026 · 3.0
  

• Should a numeral before the comma count as a name word? (Dumas VI, Jr. gives no family name, Dumas III, Jr. gives family Dumas)

  question
  derek73/python-nameparser#893 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 25, 2026
  

• Should Doe, John V report that the V might be a middle initial?

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#877 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 25, 2026
  

• Should Devanagari श्री read as a name word when the name's romanization keeps it? (श्री कृष्ण श्रेष्ठ reads title श्री, Shree Krishna Shrestha given Shree)

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#870 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 24, 2026 · 3.0
  

• Should علي، حسن read as "family، given" when the same person is spelled علي حسن elsewhere, in the same order?

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#868 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 24, 2026
  

• Should locales.ZH read 王李小明 as family 王李, given 小明?

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#845 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 23, 2026