# name-variants

> Use this tool when you need to resolve name variations across different languages and romanization systems, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, to determine if two spellings refer to the same person. It takes name spellings as input and returns a match or non-match output, helping to solve problems of name disambiguation and identification. Ideal for use cases involving multilingual data processing, name verification, and entity resolution.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/securityronin-name-variants  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/securityronin-name-variants

## Description

Multilingual name romanization lookup across Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Vietnamese, and more. Resolves whether two name spellings refer to the same person — Chan/Chen/陳/陈, Hsu/Xu, Chou/Zhou — across Pinyin, Wade-Giles, Cantonese, Hokkien, and other romanization systems.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.94
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/t9avyxtqyg)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/SecurityRonin/name-variants>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "securityronin-name-variants"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/securityronin-name-variants` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/securityronin-name-variants/pull`

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