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Parse Names, Determine Gender, and Detect Vulgar Words

Create personalized messages and identify the gender makeup of your database with Name Parsing solutions that will parse full names and multiple names into five components: Prefix; First; Middle or Initial; Last; and Suffix. These Name Parsing solutions recognize more than 190,000 first and last names so you can correct a misspelled name like “Jonh” to “John” or apply a gender code to each record in your database. The solution is available as a programming API, hosted solution or via batch processing. Request a free trial today.

100% Uptime in 2011, Certified by Alertra      • Increase response rates with personalized salutations
     • Reduce waste on fraudulent entries
     • Recognize more than 190,000 first and last names
     • Customizable – add your own names
     • Free technical support included. Details here.


Sample Name Input Sample Name Output
Mr John Wayne Brown Jr First Name: John
Middle Name: Wayne
Last Name: Brown
Prefix: Mr
Suffix: Jr
Gender: M (Male)


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Name Object®
Parse and genderize names using a multiplatform programming API.
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Name Verifier
Parse and genderize names using our hosted cloud solution.
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Batch Processing Service
Submit your files in any format. We process the data and return the results to you.
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Full, Dual, Inverse and Mixed First Name Parsing
Name Object takes full names, such as “John James Smith” and breaks them into five components. In addition to Full Name parsing, Name Object can also parse:

     • Dual Names: Mr. and Mrs. John and Mary Smith Jr.
     • Inverse Names: Smith Jr., Mr. John James
     • Mixed First and Mixed Last: Mr. John L. and Smith, Jr. (when a field is not consistently populated with one format)

Apply a Gender Code to Each Name
Name Object will indicate the gender of the person in your database or mailing list based on first name. For instance:

     • “James” returns an “M” for male
     • “Cheryl” returns an “F” for female
     • “Chris” and "Tracy” – which can be either male or female – returns an “N” for neutral

However, you can assign a gender to otherwise neutral names by changing the “gender bias” and “assignment aggression” properties or by overriding the Name Object name database.

Catch Vulgar Words that Lead to Waste and Fraud
Name Object will also flag names containing possible vulgar words, nuisance names, and associated company words to help you screen out possible hoaxes and pranks.

Add Casing for Company Names
Name Object recognizes Company Names (using a special table to understand what are words and what are acronyms in company names) and returns them in Upper or Lower case.

Create Custom Salutations
Once you’ve parsed your names, identified gender, and removed non-name or bogus records, Name Object can create the desired custom salutations based on the salutation format you want to use, for instance: Formal; Informal; default Slug; etc.
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