How can I remove "Dr", "Dr.", or "dr" in a string?

"Dr. Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Dr Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Rachel Smith" would bee "Rachel Smith"
"Dr. Rachel Smith" would bee "Rachel Smith"

What I've tried:

str.replace(/dr./i, "")

but this removes all instances of Dr

How can I remove "Dr", "Dr.", or "dr" in a string?

"Dr. Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Dr Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Drake Cohen" would bee "Drake Cohen"
"Rachel Smith" would bee "Rachel Smith"
"Dr. Rachel Smith" would bee "Rachel Smith"

What I've tried:

str.replace(/dr./i, "")

but this removes all instances of Dr

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• .replace(/^[dr\.]+ /gi, '') – Arkadi Commented Apr 27, 2017 at 17:20

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Go with this regex.

Regex: dr[\.\s] case insensitive should be ON.

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From revo's ment this one is far better to avoid matching dr in names such as Alexandr.

Regex: \bdr[.\s]\s? This will check for word boundary before dr.

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