From cd363b484016c82f1ce7485e8e96350f2d863814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Rath <139418639+rathlinus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 17:43:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: strip leading punctuation when computing avatar initials

---
 components/ui/avatar.tsx | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/components/ui/avatar.tsx b/components/ui/avatar.tsx
index 11ec1e3f..7b604da7 100644
--- a/components/ui/avatar.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/avatar.tsx
@@ -189,10 +189,17 @@ export function Avatar({ name, email, contactPhotoUri, size = "md", className, d
 
   const getInitials = () => {
     if (name) {
-      const parts = name.trim().split(/\s+/);
+      const parts = name
+        .trim()
+        .split(/\s+/)
+        .map((p) => p.replace(/^[^\p{L}\p{N}]+/u, ""))
+        .filter((p) => p.length > 0);
       if (parts.length >= 2) {
         return `${parts[0][0]}${parts[parts.length - 1][0]}`.toUpperCase();
       }
+      if (parts.length === 1) {
+        return parts[0].slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
+      }
       return name.slice(0, 2).toUpperCase();
     }
     if (email) {