English is a West Germanic language, first spoken in early medieval England. Includes various name to phonetic representation algorithms.

const english = require('extra-english');

english.caverphonePhonetic('Thompson', true);
// 'TMPSN'

english.colognePhonetic('Hari');
// '7'

english.metaphonePhonetic('Lightyear');
// 'LHTYAR'

english.nysiisPhonetic('Mackie');
// 'MCY'

reference

| Name | Action |------------------------------|------- | caverphonePhonetic | Gets Caverphone phonetic of english text. | colognePhonetic | Gets Cologne phonetic of english text. | metaphonePhonetic | Gets Metaphone phonetic of english text. | mraPhonetic | Gets Match Rating Approach phonetic of english text. | nysiisPhonetic | Gets NYSIIS phonetic of english text. | soundexPhonetic | Gets Soundex phonetic of english text. | soundexSqlPhonetic | Gets Soundex phonetic (SQL) of english text.