You intend to split these names into three parts – first name, middle name, and last name. This can be done in Microsoft Excel by using the Delimiter or Separator function.

If you've ever had a list of first and last names that you wanted to separate Excel and Google Sheets make it easy. Here's how to do it in each application.

Excel gives you two ways to split cells into columns: using delimiters, or using a manual fixed width. Splitting cells into columns is a convenient way to separate first and last names, or cities ...