---
title: joinNames
framework: naturallanguage
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: naturallanguage/nltagger/options/joinnames
---

# joinNames

Typically, multiple-word names will be returned as multiple tokens, following the standard tokenization practice of the tagger.

## Declaration

```swift
static var joinNames: NLTagger.Options { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If this option is set, then multiple-word names will be joined together and returned as a single token.

## See Also

### Constants

- [omitWords](naturallanguage/nltagger/options/omitwords.md)
- [omitPunctuation](naturallanguage/nltagger/options/omitpunctuation.md)
- [omitWhitespace](naturallanguage/nltagger/options/omitwhitespace.md)
- [omitOther](naturallanguage/nltagger/options/omitother.md)
- [joinContractions](naturallanguage/nltagger/options/joincontractions.md)