Name

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Name

Parse Definition

Name
Description	The Name parse definition parses names of individuals into a set of tokens.
Output Tokens	Prefix Given Name Patronym/Middle Name Family Name Suffix Title/Additional Info
Example 1	Input	Output Token	Output
	الأستاذة مازن سلمان عاطف السيد سلمان قاصر	Prefix	الأستاذة
		Given Name	مازن
		Patronym/Middle Name	سلمان عاطف السيد
		Family Name	سلمان
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info	قاصر
Example 2	Input	Output Token	Output
	أنس الوجود شريف الخولي	Prefix
		Given Name	أنس الوجود
		Patronym/Middle Name	شريف
		Family Name	الخولي
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info
Example 3	Input	Output Token	Output
	حسن إبراهيم	Prefix
		Given Name	حسن
		Patronym/Middle Name
		Family Name	إبراهيم
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info
Example 4	Input	Output Token	Output
	عبدالله	Prefix
		Given Name	عبدالله
		Patronym/Middle Name
		Family Name
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info
Example 5	Input	Output Token	Output
	Mr. Mohamed Abdel Maksoud Abdel-Halim, CEO	Prefix	Mr.
		Given Name	Mohamed
		Patronym/Middle Name	Abdel Maksoud
		Family Name	Abdel-Halim
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info	CEO
Example 6	Input	Output Token	Output
	Mazen Aziz	Prefix
		Given Name	Mazen
		Patronym/Middle Name
		Family Name	Aziz
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info
Example 7	Input	Output Token	Output
	John Smith Sr.	Prefix
		Given Name	John
		Patronym/Middle Name
		Family Name	Smith
		Suffix	Sr.
		Title/Additional Info
Example 8	Input	Output Token	Output
	John	Prefix
		Given Name
		Patronym/Middle Name
		Family Name	John
		Suffix
		Title/Additional Info
Remarks	The Name parse definition parses Arabic names written in the Arabic script and in the Latin script in an equivalent manner. Single-word Arabic names are parsed into Given Name. Western names are parsed according to Western standards.