Metadata
SPLIT_NAME_CONFIDENCE
Returns a 0-1 parser confidence score for a full name.
Syntax
=SPLIT_NAME_CONFIDENCE(full_name)Parameters
NameTypeDescription
Name
full_nameTypetext or range
DescriptionFull name text, or a range containing full names.
Returns
A confidence score from 0 to 1. Blank input returns 0.
Example
=SPLIT_NAME_CONFIDENCE("Ludwig van Beethoven")Result: 0.95
Notes
Range inputs are supported. SPLIT_NAME flattens the input range into one output row per name.
The parser handles titles, suffixes, comma-formatted names, and common surname particles such as van, von, de, del, and de la.
All parsing runs locally inside the spreadsheet with no external API calls.