diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 4d99381..047e6ac 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "BibInternal"
 uuid = "2027ae74-3657-4b95-ae00-e2f7d55c3e64"
 authors = ["azzaare"]
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.3.5"
 
 [compat]
 julia = "1.6"
diff --git a/src/entry.jl b/src/entry.jl
index 9ba13a4..f650415 100644
--- a/src/entry.jl
+++ b/src/entry.jl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct Name
     first::String
     middle::String
 end
+
 const Names = Vector{Name}
 
 """
@@ -25,11 +26,6 @@ Decompose without ambiguities a name as `particle` (optional) `last`, `junior` (
 function Name(str)
     @assert !isempty(strip(str)) "Name must not be empty or consist of only whitespace"
 
-    # split along commas, then along spaces
-    subnames = map(split(str, ","; keepempty=false)) do aux
-        return split(aux, r"[\n\r ]+"; keepempty=false)
-    end
-
     # subnames containers
     first = ""
     middle = ""
@@ -37,68 +33,79 @@ function Name(str)
     last = ""
     junior = ""
 
-    # mark for string parsing
-    mark_in = 1
-    mark_out = 0
+    if (str[1], str[end]) == ('{', '}')
+        last = str
+    else
 
-    # BibTeX form 1: First Second von Last
-    if length(subnames) == 1
-        aux = subnames[1]
-        mark_out = length(aux) - 1
-        last = aux[end]
-        if length(aux) > 1 && isuppercase(aux[1][1])
-            first = aux[1]
-            mark_in += 1
-            for s in aux[2:(end - 1)]
+        # split along commas, then along spaces
+        subnames = map(split(str, ","; keepempty=false)) do aux
+            return split(aux, r"[\n\r ]+"; keepempty=false)
+        end
+
+        # mark for string parsing
+        mark_in = 1
+        mark_out = 0
+
+        # BibTeX form 1: First Second von Last
+        if length(subnames) == 1
+            aux = subnames[1]
+            mark_out = length(aux) - 1
+            last = aux[end]
+            if length(aux) > 1 && isuppercase(aux[1][1])
+                first = aux[1]
                 mark_in += 1
+                for s in aux[2:(end-1)]
+                    mark_in += 1
+                    islowercase(s[1]) && break
+                    middle *= " $s"
+                end
+                for s in reverse(aux[mark_in:mark_out])
+                    islowercase(s[1]) && break
+                    mark_out -= 1
+                    last = "$s " * last
+                end
+                particle = join(aux[mark_in:mark_out], " ")
+            end
+
+            # BibTeX form 2: von Last, First Second
+        elseif length(subnames) == 2
+            aux = subnames[1] # von Last
+            mark_out = length(aux) - 1
+            last = aux[end]
+            for s in reverse(aux[1:mark_out])
                 islowercase(s[1]) && break
-                middle *= " $s"
+                mark_out -= 1
+                last = "$s " * last
             end
-            for s in reverse(aux[mark_in:mark_out])
+            particle = join(aux[1:mark_out], " ")
+            aux = subnames[end]  # First Second
+            first = aux[1]
+            middle = join(aux[2:end], " ")
+
+            # BibTeX form 3: von Last, Junior, First Second
+        elseif length(subnames) == 3
+            aux = subnames[1] # von Last
+            mark_out = length(aux) - 1
+            last = aux[end]
+            for s in reverse(aux[1:mark_out])
                 islowercase(s[1]) && break
                 mark_out -= 1
                 last = "$s " * last
             end
-            particle = join(aux[mark_in:mark_out], " ")
-        end
+            particle = join(aux[1:mark_out], " ")
+            aux = subnames[2]
+            @assert length(aux) == 1 "malformed junior subname"
+            junior = aux[1]
+            aux = subnames[end]  # First Second
+            first = aux[1]
+            middle = join(aux[2:end], " ")
 
-        # BibTeX form 2: von Last, First Second
-    elseif length(subnames) == 2
-        aux = subnames[1] # von Last
-        mark_out = length(aux) - 1
-        last = aux[end]
-        for s in reverse(aux[1:mark_out])
-            islowercase(s[1]) && break
-            mark_out -= 1
-            last = "$s " * last
-        end
-        particle = join(aux[1:mark_out], " ")
-        aux = subnames[end]  # First Second
-        first = aux[1]
-        middle = join(aux[2:end], " ")
-
-        # BibTeX form 3: von Last, Junior, First Second
-    elseif length(subnames) == 3
-        aux = subnames[1] # von Last
-        mark_out = length(aux) - 1
-        last = aux[end]
-        for s in reverse(aux[1:mark_out])
-            islowercase(s[1]) && break
-            mark_out -= 1
-            last = "$s " * last
+        else
+            # TODO: become more strict here in the future? but beware, right
+            # now this function sometimes gets called with an empty string
+            #error("too many commas in name '$(str)'")
         end
-        particle = join(aux[1:mark_out], " ")
-        aux = subnames[2]
-        @assert length(aux) == 1 "malformed junior subname"
-        junior = aux[1]
-        aux = subnames[end]  # First Second
-        first = aux[1]
-        middle = join(aux[2:end], " ")
 
-    else
-        # TODO: become more strict here in the future? but beware, right
-        # now this function sometimes gets called with an empty string
-        #error("too many commas in name '$(str)'")
     end
 
     return Name(particle, last, junior, first, middle)