This gem has no dependencies and can be used to parse a wide variety of people's names.

gem 'name_parser'

NameParser::Person.parse('Jane Doe')
 => #<NameParser::Person first_name="Jane", last_name="Doe">

NameParser::Person.parse('Doe, Jane')
 => #<NameParser::Person first_name="Jane", last_name="Doe">

 NameParser::Person.parse('Jane P. Doe, MD')
 => #<NameParser::Person first_name="Jane", middle_name="P.", last_name="Doe", designation="MD">

bundle
rake

• Sept 2018 - 1.0.1

  • Add suffix support for Sr, Senior, Junior

• Sept 2018 - 1.0

  • Remove dependencies - runs in any ruby project
  • Refactor tests using minitest
  • Code cleanup via Rubocop

• Dec 2012 - 0.0.1 - Parses a variety of people names

• Reorganize the test corpus to be mode readable - load from a data file
• Support more edge cases
• Add benckmarks