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

News

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...


28.07.2025

Version 10.8.0 Released

Release of Optimaize PII Platform, version 10.8.0.


05.06.2025

Dictionary Update: Korean Names Added

We’ve expanded our database with an extensive set of Korean names. This update brings in 10,800...


05.05.2025

Dictionary Update: Greek Names Added

With over 25.500 Greek terms stored, our database now includes over 9,000 given names and 16,200...


14.04.2025

Dictionary Update: Kyrgyz Names Added

We’ve expanded our database with a rich collection of Kyrgyz names. This update includes 7,500...


Name Formatter

The Name Formatter displays personal names in the desired form. This includes the order as well as upper and lower case writing.

  Examples by culture:
Examples:

  Examples by culture:
Examples:


  Examples by culture:
Examples:

 

Developer: see the technical specification of the REST service.

 

Applications

  • Prettify sloppily entered user data before storing.
  • Prettify names before addressing the person.
  • Prettify records in a database containing only upper case letters.