Human Name Parser

Forked from [https://github.com/jasonpriem/HumanNameParser.php]

Description

Takes human names of arbitrary complexity and various wacky formats like:

J. Walter Weatherman
de la Cruz, Ana M.
James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.

and parses out the:

leading initial (Like "J." in "J. Walter Weatherman")
first name (or first initial in a name like 'R. Crumb')
nicknames (like "Jimmy" in "James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.")
middle names
surname (including compound ones like "van der Sar' and "Ortega y Gasset"), and
suffix (like 'Jr.', 'III')

Example Usage

$parser = new Tck\HumanNameParser\Parser("John Q. Smith");
echo  $parser->surname() . ", " . $parser->firstName();
// returns "Smith, John"