NameAPI is a web API
to handle people's names
in your software.

News

05.11.2025

Verification of Payee (VoP) with NameMatcher

NameAPI is introducing Verification of Payee (VoP) powered by NameMatcher, enabling fast, accurate...


30.10.2025

Software Version 11.0.0 Deployed

Release of Optimaize PII Platform with Java 21.


29.09.2025

Dictionary Update: Quechua and Aymara Names

The NameAPI database continues to grow, now enriched with 3,700 new given names and 600 family...


29.08.2025

Database Expansion: Brazilian Portuguese Names

We’ve expanded our database to include a comprehensive set of Brazilian Portuguese names. This...


21.08.2025

Secondary Domain Added: api.name-api.com for Enhanced Redundancy

To further strengthen NameAPI’s reliability and provide uninterrupted service access, we are happy...


   

Email Domain Type Classifier

       
DetectsClassifies the domain name of an email address as FREEMAIL, ORGANIZATION etc.
            
[email protected] uses a FREEMAIL domain.
[email protected] uses an ORGANIZATION domain.
            
Note that there is not always a clear line between domain types. Especially FREEMAIL and ISP are blurry; freemail providers often offer extended paid packages, while internet service providers sometimes often a basic free email account.    
               
(no example in the browser as of now)

   

Input

       
A syntactically valid email address.
An invalid input exception is thrown if the address does not look like an email address.
       

   

Output

       

Trash domains such as mailinator.com.

Freemail providers such as yahoo.com.

Internet service providers such as aol.com.

Businesses, universities etc. such as google.com.

Non-commercial private domains from individuals.

Reserved domain names serving as examples in documentation, such as example.com.

Unclassified as of now.