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

News

26.02.2026

Enhanced NameAPI Database

We are excited to announce a major update to the NameAPI database, reflecting the extensive...


11.02.2026

Software Version 11.2.0 Deployed

NameMatcher: More resilient matching for real-world names

Previously, if an input could not be...


05.01.2026

2025 Around the World

2025 marked another remarkable year for Optimaize, characterized by significant progress in our...


15.12.2025

Detecting What Isn’t a Name: Salutations in International Data

Salutations often appear in name fields, even though they are not part of the actual name....


25.11.2025

Dictionary Update: Danish Names

NameAPI has expanded its Nordic coverage with 2,600 given names and 8,600 family names, capturing...


Soap Web Services

 

This is the API Guide for the SOAP web services which are in maintenance-mode only. We recommend new users to use REST and existing users to switch to REST.

Behind the scenes our client libraries are also using REST (previous versions used SOAP).For more details see: downloads