GreekNameCorrection

Features

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Zero Dependencies

Lightweight and fast. Pure JavaScript, no external packages. Minimal bundle size.

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Transliteration

Greeklish ↔ Greek ↔ Latin with intelligent multi-character patterns (th→θ, ch→χ, ps→ψ, etc.).

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Smart Formatting

Proper capitalization, Greek particles (του/της), diacritics normalization, and common misspellings.

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Title Support

Greek honorifics: Δρ., Καθ., Κος, Κα, Δις, political, religious, military titles.

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Auto Title (κ./κα)

Add general title automatically: κ. for men, κα for women when no title exists.

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Case Conversion

Genitive, vocative, and accusative forms for documents and addressing.

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Gender Detection

Identifies gender from name endings. Works with modern and traditional names.

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Accent Addition

Add accents to unaccented names using a dictionary of 1,100+ Greek names and fallback rules.

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Statistics

Length, word count, particles, accents, caps, numbers, special chars.

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Diminutive Detection

Recognizes nickname patterns and diminutive forms (e.g. -άκης).

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Katharevousa

Recognize and convert archaic Greek (Katharevousa) forms to modern.

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Database-Safe

SQL-ready output; strip problematic characters. Sort keys (accent-free) for ordering.

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Flexible I/O

Strings, arrays, and JSON objects with configurable keys (jsonKey, outputKey).

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Browser & TypeScript

Works in Node and browser. Full TypeScript definitions and IntelliSense.

Code Examples

Quick Start

const GreekNameCorrection = require('greek-name-correction');

// Simple correction
GreekNameCorrection('γιώργος παπαδόπουλος');
// → "Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος"

// With options
const result = GreekNameCorrection('δρ. μαρια κωνσταντινου', {
  preserveOriginal: true,
  detectGender: true,
  convertToGenitive: true
});
// → { corrected, original, isValid, title, gender, genitive, parts }

Transliteration (Greeklish → Greek)

GreekNameCorrection('giorgos papadopoulos', {
  transliterate: 'greeklish-to-greek'
});
// → "Γιοργος Παπαδοπουλος"

GreekNameCorrection('dr giorgos tou papa', {
  transliterate: 'greeklish-to-greek',
  handleTitles: true,
  handleParticles: true,
  addAccents: true
});
// → "Δρ. Γιώργος του Παπά"

Accent Addition (unaccented → accented)

GreekNameCorrection('γιωργος παπαδοπουλος', { addAccents: true });
// → "Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος"

GreekNameCorrection('μαρια κωνσταντινου', { addAccents: true });
// → "Μαρία Κωνσταντίνου"

Vocative & Accusative

GreekNameCorrection('Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος', { convertToCase: 'vocative' });
// → "Γιώργο Παπαδόπουλο"

GreekNameCorrection('Κώστας Παπαδάκης', {
  convertToCase: 'accusative',
  preserveOriginal: true
});
// → { corrected: "Κώστας Παπαδάκης", accusative: "Κώστα Παπαδάκη" }

Automatic General Title (κ./κα)

GreekNameCorrection('Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος', { addGeneralTitle: true });
// → "κ. Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος"

GreekNameCorrection('Μαρία Κωνσταντίνου', { addGeneralTitle: true });
// → "κα Μαρία Κωνσταντίνου"

Arrays & JSON

const names = ['νίκος αλεξίου', 'ΕΛΕΝΗ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ', 'δημήτρης του παπά'];
GreekNameCorrection(names);
// → ["Νίκος Αλεξίου", "Ελένη Γεωργίου", "Δημήτρης του Παπά"]

GreekNameCorrection({ id: 1, fullname: 'κώστας παπαδάκης', age: 30 }, {
  jsonKey: 'fullname',
  outputKey: 'correctedName'
});
// → { id: 1, fullname: '...', age: 30, correctedName: 'Κώστας Παπαδάκης' }

Full Pipeline

const result = GreekNameCorrection('dr giorgos tou papa', {
  transliterate: 'greeklish-to-greek',
  preserveOriginal: true,
  handleTitles: true,
  addGeneralTitle: true,
  addAccents: true,
  handleParticles: true,
  suggestCorrections: true,
  detectGender: true,
  convertToGenitive: true,
  convertToCase: 'vocative',
  generateSortKey: true,
  statistics: true,
  detectDiminutive: true,
  databaseSafe: true
});
// Complete analysis with corrected, genitive, vocative, gender, sortKey, statistics, etc.

Command-Line Interface

Install globally or use with npx.

npm install -g greek-name-correction

CLI Examples

# Basic
greek-name-correction -name "γιώργος παπαδόπουλος"
npx greek-name-correction "Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος" -convertToCase vocative

# Vocative / Accusative
greek-name-correction -name "Γιώργος Παπαδόπουλος" -convertToCase vocative
greek-name-correction -name "Δημήτρης Νικολάου" -convertToCase accusative

# Transliteration + accents
greek-name-correction -name "giorgos papadopoulos" -transliterate greeklish-to-greek -addAccents

# Full details (JSON)
greek-name-correction -name "Μαρία Κωνσταντίνου" -detectGender -addGeneralTitle -preserveOriginal -json