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

News

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...


28.07.2025

Version 10.8.0 Released

Release of Optimaize PII Platform, version 10.8.0.


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.