How to find an email address by name

Say you want Maya Okafor, Head of Operations at Fernway, a fictional logistics company. Expect 5 to 15 minutes per person.

An old employer gives you a dead address. Check their LinkedIn profile, or add what you know to the search.

Take it from the company website's address, then check it's the one staff use.

• Subsidiaries often send from the parent's domain.
• Rebrands can leave staff on the old domain.
• Country sites may not match the email domain.

For this walkthrough, Fernway's domain is example.com.

Most companies use one format for everyone, so one real staff address is enough to start. Two make the pattern likely.

Put the format your evidence supports first. With no evidence, work down the list.

Nicknames, shared names and hyphens break the pattern. The full format list and edge cases are in how to find someone's email address.

Run the guess through a verifier. Valid means send. Invalid means try the next format. Catch-all or unknown is still a guess. Details: how to check if an email address is valid.

Do this for one or two people, never a list. Wrong guesses hard bounce, and a high bounce rate sends your good emails to spam too.

ContactYard is the best email finder by name for sales work. It holds over 100 million verified B2B prospects, including ones other lead databases don't have, and refreshes its data every 30 days.

You know the name and domain

1. Put first name, last name and company website in a sheet. One row is fine.
2. Upload it to Enrich Contacts as CSV or Excel and map the columns.
3. Download it back with the verified work email and mobile when available.

You know the name, company and rough role

1. Open Search and enter the website in Company Domain, or use Company name.
2. Add their role in Job Title. Smart matching finds VP Operations as Vice President of Operations too.
3. Spot the name in the results, tick them and Export.

Tip: One credit gets the verified email, the mobile when available and the check. Other tools charge 4 to 12 credits for the same contact. Start free.

Guessing formats doesn't scale. Upload the sheet instead. These are the only columns you need:

1. Upload a CSV, TSV, TXT or Excel file with any other columns left in.
2. Map First name, Last name and Company website.
3. Enrich and watch emails found, phones found and credits used.
4. Download your file with the new columns added.

Messy sheet? See fill missing emails and phones in a spreadsheet. Then import the result into Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or your CRM.

Free lookup tools typically cap you at a handful of searches, then push a paid plan. At volume, price decides it: ContactYard is $3.30 per 1,000 contacts on Scale, against $18 at Apollo, $75 at Lusha, $131 at ContactOut and $371 at UpLead. See pricing.

How do I find an email address by name?

Find the person's company domain, copy the company's email format and verify your guess. Or enter the name and domain in ContactYard Enrich Contacts for a verified work email.

Can I find an email address with just a name?

Rarely, because many people share a name. Use LinkedIn or Google to place them at a company first, then search with the name and domain.

Is there a free email finder by name?

Yes: Google, the company website and a free verifier cost nothing but take minutes per person. Start free on ContactYard to get it done in seconds.

How do I obtain email addresses for a list of names?

Upload the list to ContactYard Enrich Contacts with first name, last name and company website. It comes back with verified work emails and mobiles when available.

What is a contact finder by name?

A tool that takes a person's name and company and returns their work email and phone. ContactYard gives both for one credit.