Proper Name Capitalization — Getting Names Right
Getting capitalization wrong in an English name or place name looks awkward or simply incorrect. A generic "capitalize each word" function can't handle surnames starting with Mc or Mac (McDonald, MacArthur), names starting with O' (O'Brien), hyphenated names (Smith-Jones), or the convention of lowercasing articles and prepositions in titles (War of the Roses). This tool applies all of these rules to clean up your input.
Rules applied:
- Capitalizes the first letter of each word
- Capitalizes the letter after Mc/Mac prefixes
- Capitalizes the letter after an apostrophe (')
- Capitalizes each part of a hyphenated name
- Lowercases articles, prepositions, and conjunctions mid-title (except the first/last word)
Use cases:
- Cleaning up name formatting in spreadsheet or CSV lists
- Getting accurate casing for place names, book titles, and movie titles
- Fixing names entered in all caps by autofill forms
All processing happens in your browser — the name you enter is never sent to a server.
FAQ
Yes. Surnames starting with Mc or Mac also capitalize the letter right after the prefix — mcdonald becomes McDonald, and macarthur becomes MacArthur.
By standard title-case convention, articles, prepositions, and conjunctions (a, an, the, of, and, etc.) are lowercased in the middle of a title or place name. The first and last words are always capitalized regardless.
Yes. The letter right after an apostrophe (') is also capitalized, so names like O'Brien and D'Angelo come out correctly.