3.1

Issues

• render(): write one field as initials, e.g. "Maria F." or "M. Ferreira"

  designenhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1013 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 3, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should a credential written in its own mixed case (FREng, CEng) end a name as the credential? Jane Doe CEng FIET reads family 'CEng'

  vocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#1053 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 4, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should Catalan dels be a particle? Joan dels Reis reads middle dels, family Reis

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#1059 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 4, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should Ramona Navarro vda. de Villegas keep vda. de Villegas in the family name?

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#565 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 1, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should an ALL-CAPS word in a mixed-case name mark the family name? DUPONT Jean gives given DUPONT

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#659 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Oct 13, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should a locale pack give a name's standard display and sorting forms? (parser_for(locales.ES) → sorting García López, Juan without writing the format)

  designenhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1145 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should 'Smitty' Pope Jr. read family Pope, as 'Smitty' Smith Jr. does? (today: given Pope)

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#1169 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Save about 5 frames a parse in three post_rules helpers

  enhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1170 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Write one classify tag for "H5's trailing chain takes this word"

  enhancement
  derek73/python-nameparser#1171 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should a standalone ال before a name read as the clan prefix آل? (حسن علي ال يحيى gives family 'يحيى')

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#1150 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should Persian titles and Persian spellings of the Arabic ones read as titles? (دکتر محمد رضایی gives given 'دکتر')

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#1151 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should a family name after a بن chain stay out of the patronymic? (خالد بن سعد القحطاني gives patronymic 'بن سعد القحطاني')

  designquestion
  derek73/python-nameparser#1155 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should د. and the Iraqi academic abbreviations read as titles? (د. أحمد علي حسن gives given 'د.')

  questionvocabulary
  derek73/python-nameparser#1149 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 8, 2026 · 3.1
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• Should one table hold each role's matching rules? (six places decide how the family role compares today)

  design
  derek73/python-nameparser#1260 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 9, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should SmithJones match Smith-Jones, and LaRussa match La Russa? (both conflict today)

  design
  derek73/python-nameparser#1261 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 9, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should a listed surname spelling count inside a hyphenated or particle-led surname? (Smyth-Jones / Smith conflicts even with Smyth listed as Smith)

  design
  derek73/python-nameparser#1262 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 9, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Should cross-role matching align given, middle and nickname words in one pass? (today a matched middle word is removed and the rest re-compared)

  design
  derek73/python-nameparser#1263 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 9, 2026 · 3.1
  

• Which smaller name-matching gaps should be fixed? (J.P. Smith / John Paul Smith, John Beth Smith / John Anne Beth Smith, and others)

  bugtests
  derek73/python-nameparser#1264 · Filter by author derek73 opened on Nov 9, 2026 · 3.1