Combine first and last names

Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel 2024 Excel 2024 for Mac Excel 2021 Excel 2021 for Mac Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel for iPad Excel for iPhone Excel for Android tablets Excel for Android phones Excel Mobile

Let's say you want to create a single Full Name column by combining two other columns, First Name and Last Name. To combine first and last names, use the CONCATENATE function or the ampersand (&) operator.

Important

In Excel 2016, Excel Mobile, and Excel for the web, this function has been replaced with the CONCAT function. Although the CONCATENATE function is still available for backward compatibility, you should consider using CONCAT from now on. This is because CONCATENATE may not be available in future versions of Excel.

Example

Copy the following example to a blank worksheet.

123 ABFirst Name****Last NameNancyDavolioAndrewFullerFormula****Description (Result)=A2&" "&B2Combines the names above, separated by a space (Nancy Davolio)=B3&", "&A3Combines the names above, separated by a comma (Fuller, Andrew)=CONCAT(A2," ",B2)Combines the names above, separated by a space (Nancy Davolio)

Note

To replace the formula with the results, select the cells, and on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy Button image , click Paste Button image , and then click Paste Values.

See also

TEXTJOIN function

Excel functions (by category)

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