Name lists imported from inconsistent sources — all caps, all lowercase, or randomly mixed — need proper capitalization, but names have special cases that a naive title-case converter gets wrong, like "McDonald," "O'Brien," or "von Hayek."
This tool capitalizes each name properly while specifically handling common prefix patterns: "Mc" and "Mac" get their following letter capitalized too, apostrophe-prefixed names like "O'Brien" keep both parts capitalized, and lowercase particles like "von" or "de" stay lowercase when appropriate.
This is useful for cleaning up a customer or contact database imported with inconsistent capitalization, without the common problem of a generic title-case tool mangling names with these special formatting patterns.
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Frequently asked questions
Does this handle every possible name variation correctly?
It covers the most common patterns (Mc/Mac prefixes, apostrophe names, common lowercase particles), though highly unusual or culturally specific name formatting may still need manual review afterward.
What happens to lowercase particles like 'van' or 'de'?
Common lowercase name particles are recognized and kept lowercase mid-name, matching standard convention for names like "Ludwig van Beethoven" rather than incorrectly capitalizing them.