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It'll take a [personal name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name) \nand returns a `prefix` (title), `first` (or *given name*), `middle` (or initial), `last` (or *family name*), \nand `suffix`. It's designed for US English but could be useful elsewhere. It's inspired by a SQL script a \ncolleague pulled together long ago combined with inspiration from a few other libraries.\n\n\n[![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/another-name-parser.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/another-name-parser/)\n\n\n## Installation\n\nVia [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/another-name-parser)\n\n```bash\n$ npm install another-name-parser\n```\n\n## Usage\n\n```javascript\n\nconst parser = require('another-name-parser');\n\nconst name = parser('Commissioner James \"Jim\" W. Gordon, Sr.');\n// → { prefix: 'Commissioner',\n//     first: 'James',\n//     middle: 'W.',\n//     last: 'Gordon',\n//     suffix: 'Sr.',\n//     original: 'Commissioner James \"Jim\" W. 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