diff --git a/lib/Simresults/Driver.php b/lib/Simresults/Driver.php
index 142e33c..9c4aa4c 100644
--- a/lib/Simresults/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Simresults/Driver.php
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@ public function getName($shorten_lastname=FALSE, $shorten_firstname=FALSE)
             $names = explode(' ', $name);
             if (count($names) > 1 AND $shorten_lastname) {
                 $last_name = array_pop($names);
+
+                // First character is not a letter, we will not threat this as
+                // lastname and will try to get another part when more lastname
+                // parts are available
+                if (!preg_match('/[a-z]/i', $last_name[0]) and count($names) > 1) {
+                    $last_name = array_pop($names);
+                }
+
                 $name = $names[0]." ".$last_name[0];
             }
 
diff --git a/spec/Simresults/DriverSpec.php b/spec/Simresults/DriverSpec.php
index 42ae2fd..925880f 100644
--- a/spec/Simresults/DriverSpec.php
+++ b/spec/Simresults/DriverSpec.php
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ function it_can_return_a_shorten_firstname_and_lastname()
         $this->setName('Aname with a space at the end ');
         $this->getName()->shouldReturn('Aname with a space at the end');
         $this->getName(true, true)->shouldReturn('A. e');
+
+        // Ignore non letters as lastname
+        $this->setName('G Mossoni [FNX]');
+        $this->getName()->shouldReturn('G Mossoni [FNX]');
+        $this->getName(true, true)->shouldReturn('G. M');
     }
 
 }