title: python human name normalizer tool
body: <p>I'm trying to combine two databases that have names of people. I'm facing issues with names that are slightly different like someone named <code>Joe</code> in one DB and <code>Joseph</code> in another. I tried googling around for a library or tool for this, but could not find anything.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a human name normalizer out there? I can't be the only/the first one to tackle this sort of stuff..</p>