signal-desktop/ts/util/getInitials.ts

// Copyright 2018 Signal Messenger, LLC
// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only

export function getInitials(name?: string): string | undefined {
  if (!name) {
    return undefined;
  }

  const parsedName = name
    // remove all chars that are not letters or separators
    .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{Z}]+/gu, '')
    // replace all chars that are separators with a single ASCII space
    .replace(/\p{Z}+/gu, ' ')
    .trim();

  if (!parsedName) {
    return undefined;
  }

  // check if chars in the parsed string are initials
  if (parsedName.length === 2 && parsedName === parsedName.toUpperCase()) {
    return parsedName;
  }

  const parts = parsedName.toUpperCase().split(' ');
  const partsLen = parts.length;

  return partsLen === 1
    ? parts[0].charAt(0)
    : parts[0].charAt(0) + parts[partsLen - 1].charAt(0);
}