I need to identify name duplicates containing friendly and official names in a dataset. For e.g -
1) William Stark (official name)
Bill Stark (Friendly Name)
2) Bradley Thomas (Official Name)
Brad Thomas (Friendly Name)
3) Robert Gordon (Official Name)
Bob Gordon (Friendly Name)
I was looking at Jaro, Jaro-Winkler and Soundex algorithms, but I'm wondering whether there are better methods. Appreciate any guidance/ best practises you can provide.
