---
id: "rus_initials_surname"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["persons", "pii"]
country: ["RU"]
langs: ["ru"]
quality: 65
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/rus_initials_surname"
---

# Russian surname with initials (`rus_initials_surname`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of a person in Russian written as a surname with the initials of the first name and patronymic, before or after it, such as И.И. Иванов or Иванов И.И. Official documents and registers use this form for signatories, authors and film crews.

- Pattern of: `person_fullname`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Person related (persons), Personally identifiable information (pii)
- Countries: Russian Federation (RU)
- Languages: Russian (ru)

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:[А-ЯЁ]\.\s?(?:[А-ЯЁ]\.\s?)?[А-ЯЁ][а-яё]+(?:-[А-ЯЁ][а-яё]+)?|[А-ЯЁ][а-яё]+(?:-[А-ЯЁ][а-яё]+)?\s[А-ЯЁ]\.\s?(?:[А-ЯЁ]\.)?)$
```

## Examples

- `И.И. Иванов`
- `И.И.Иванов`
- `Иванов И.И.`
- `П.Сидоров` — Only the first-name initial
- `Иванов Иван Иванович` (invalid example) — Full name, the pattern rusfullname

## Translations

- ru: Фамилия с инициалами

## Quality

Score 65/100. Missing: source link, mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/rus_initials_surname.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/RU/persons/rus_initials_surname.yaml>