NAMESPLIT

Components

SPLIT_TITLE

Extracts the title or salutation from a full name.

Syntax

=SPLIT_TITLE(full_name)

Parameters

Namefull_name
Typetext or range
DescriptionFull name text, or a range containing full names.

Returns

The parsed title or salutation. Range input spills results.

Example

=SPLIT_TITLE("Prof. Albus Percival Dumbledore")

Result: Prof.

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.

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