Australian Individual Name Record

Name: Australian Individual Name Record
Creator: TestPattern Community
License: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

Identifies Australian personal names using structural regex for capitalised name patterns combined with family-name and forename census dictionaries. Supports Western, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, and Korean naming patterns.

Type: keyword_dictionary
Confidence: low
Confidence justification: Low confidence: personal names are common words. Without PII context keywords the false positive rate is unacceptable. Requires corroborative evidence.
Jurisdictions: au
Regulations: AML/CTF Act (Cth), HRIPA (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), NDB Scheme (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), TIA Act 1979 (Cth)
Frameworks: ISO 27001, ISO 27701
Data categories: pii, personal-name
Scope: wide
Risk rating: 6

Should match

Customer name: Sarah Williams — Common Western female name with surname
Patient: Nguyen Van Minh — Vietnamese-Australian name pattern
Employee details for Raj Kumar Singh — Indian-Australian name with context

Should not match

The brown fox jumped over the fence — Common word used in non-name context
Smith & Sons Engineering Pty Ltd — Business name, not a personal name

Known false positives

Common surnames such as Brown, Young, or Green appear frequently as everyday words. Mitigation: Use corroborative evidence keywords to filter. Require PII context.