diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/filename.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/filename.spec.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { parseFilename, stripExtension } from './filename';
+
+describe('parseFilename', () => {
+	describe('YYYY-MM-DD_Lastname_Firstname pattern', () => {
+		it('extracts date and name', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('1965-03-12_Mueller_Hans.pdf')).toEqual({
+				dateIso: '1965-03-12',
+				personName: 'Hans Mueller',
+				suggestedTitle: 'Hans Mueller (12.03.1965)'
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('handles umlauts in names', () => {
+			const result = parseFilename('2024-01-15_Müller_Jürgen.pdf');
+			expect(result.personName).toBe('Jürgen Müller');
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('YYYYMMDD_Lastname_Firstname pattern', () => {
+		it('extracts date and name', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('19650312_Mueller_Hans.pdf')).toEqual({
+				dateIso: '1965-03-12',
+				personName: 'Hans Mueller',
+				suggestedTitle: 'Hans Mueller (12.03.1965)'
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('Lastname_Firstname_YYYY-MM-DD pattern', () => {
+		it('extracts date and name', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('Mueller_Hans_1965-03-12.pdf')).toEqual({
+				dateIso: '1965-03-12',
+				personName: 'Hans Mueller',
+				suggestedTitle: 'Hans Mueller (12.03.1965)'
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('Lastname_Firstname_YYYYMMDD pattern', () => {
+		it('extracts date and name', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('Mueller_Hans_19650312.pdf')).toEqual({
+				dateIso: '1965-03-12',
+				personName: 'Hans Mueller',
+				suggestedTitle: 'Hans Mueller (12.03.1965)'
+			});
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('non-matching filenames', () => {
+		it('returns empty for date-only filename', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('1965-03-12.pdf')).toEqual({});
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty for name-only filename', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('Mueller_Hans.pdf')).toEqual({});
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty for unstructured filename', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('scan_001.pdf')).toEqual({});
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty for three name segments without date', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('Mueller_Hans_Juergen.pdf')).toEqual({});
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty for filename without extension', () => {
+			expect(parseFilename('1965-03-12_Mueller_Hans')).toEqual({});
+		});
+	});
+});
+
+describe('stripExtension', () => {
+	it('removes the extension', () => {
+		expect(stripExtension('document.pdf')).toBe('document');
+	});
+
+	it('removes only the last extension', () => {
+		expect(stripExtension('archive.tar.gz')).toBe('archive.tar');
+	});
+
+	it('leaves names without extension unchanged', () => {
+		expect(stripExtension('nodotfile')).toBe('nodotfile');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/utils/filename.ts b/frontend/src/lib/utils/filename.ts
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+import { isoToGerman } from './date';
+
+export interface FilenameParseResult {
+	/** ISO format: YYYY-MM-DD */
+	dateIso?: string;
+	/** "Firstname Lastname" — order reversed from filename convention */
+	personName?: string;
+	/** Ready-to-use title, e.g. "Hans Mueller (12.03.1965)" */
+	suggestedTitle?: string;
+}
+
+// Full-match patterns only. Name segments use Unicode letters (\p{L}) to cover umlauts etc.
+// Order: date_lastname_firstname
+const P_DATE_ISO_NAME = /^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})_(\p{L}+)_(\p{L}+)\.[^.]+$/u;
+const P_DATE_COMPACT_NAME = /^(\d{8})_(\p{L}+)_(\p{L}+)\.[^.]+$/u;
+// Order: lastname_firstname_date
+const P_NAME_DATE_ISO = /^(\p{L}+)_(\p{L}+)_(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\.[^.]+$/u;
+const P_NAME_DATE_COMPACT = /^(\p{L}+)_(\p{L}+)_(\d{8})\.[^.]+$/u;
+
+function compactToIso(compact: string): string {
+	return `${compact.slice(0, 4)}-${compact.slice(4, 6)}-${compact.slice(6, 8)}`;
+}
+
+export function parseFilename(filename: string): FilenameParseResult {
+	let dateIso: string;
+	let lastName: string;
+	let firstName: string;
+
+	let m: RegExpMatchArray | null;
+
+	if ((m = P_DATE_ISO_NAME.exec(filename))) {
+		[, dateIso, lastName, firstName] = m;
+	} else if ((m = P_DATE_COMPACT_NAME.exec(filename))) {
+		dateIso = compactToIso(m[1]);
+		lastName = m[2];
+		firstName = m[3];
+	} else if ((m = P_NAME_DATE_ISO.exec(filename))) {
+		lastName = m[1];
+		firstName = m[2];
+		dateIso = m[3];
+	} else if ((m = P_NAME_DATE_COMPACT.exec(filename))) {
+		lastName = m[1];
+		firstName = m[2];
+		dateIso = compactToIso(m[3]);
+	} else {
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	const personName = `${firstName} ${lastName}`;
+	const suggestedTitle = `${personName} (${isoToGerman(dateIso!)})`;
+	return { dateIso: dateIso!, personName, suggestedTitle };
+}
+
+export function stripExtension(filename: string): string {
+	return filename.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, '');
+}