diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0ec74209..aa37d246 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jc changelog
 - Add source link to online parser documentation
 - Add snap package build scripts
 - Add `remove_quotes` function to `utils.py`
+- Add `normalize_key` function to `utils.py`
 - Add `line_slice` function to `utils.py`
 - Add `get_parser` function to `lib.py`
 - Enhance `nsd-control` parser to support more zone information
diff --git a/docs/utils.md b/docs/utils.md
index 56173cea..30899517 100644
--- a/docs/utils.md
+++ b/docs/utils.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   * [compatibility](#jc.utils.compatibility)
   * [has\_data](#jc.utils.has_data)
   * [remove\_quotes](#jc.utils.remove_quotes)
+  * [normalize\_key](#jc.utils.normalize_key)
   * [convert\_to\_int](#jc.utils.convert_to_int)
   * [convert\_to\_float](#jc.utils.convert_to_float)
   * [convert\_to\_bool](#jc.utils.convert_to_bool)
@@ -134,6 +135,32 @@ def remove_quotes(data: str) -> str
 Remove single or double quotes surrounding a string. If no quotes are
 found then the string is returned unmodified.
 
+Parameters:
+
+    data:       (string) Input value
+
+Returns:
+
+    string
+
+<a id="jc.utils.normalize_key"></a>
+
+### normalize\_key
+
+```python
+def normalize_key(data: str) -> str
+```
+
+Normalize a key name by shifting to lower-case and converting special
+characters to underscores.
+
+Special characters are defined as `space` and the following:
+
+    !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~
+
+This is a lossy algorithm. Repeating and trailing underscores are
+removed.
+
 Parameters:
 
     data:       (string) Input value
diff --git a/jc/utils.py b/jc/utils.py
index fe3736bd..9ee5e765 100644
--- a/jc/utils.py
+++ b/jc/utils.py
@@ -205,6 +205,46 @@ def remove_quotes(data: str) -> str:
     return data
 
 
+def normalize_key(data: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Normalize a key name by shifting to lower-case and converting special
+    characters to underscores.
+
+    Special characters are defined as `space` and the following:
+
+        !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~
+
+    This is a lossy algorithm. Repeating and trailing underscores are
+    removed.
+
+    Parameters:
+
+        data:       (string) Input value
+
+    Returns:
+
+        string
+    """
+    special = '''!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~ '''
+    initial_underscore = False
+    data = data.strip().lower()
+
+    for special_char in special:
+        data = data.replace(special_char, '_')
+
+    if data.startswith('_'):
+        initial_underscore = True
+
+    # swap back to space so split() will compress multiple consecutive down to one
+    data = data.strip('_').replace('_', ' ')
+    data = '_'.join(data.split())
+
+    if initial_underscore:
+        data = '_' + data
+
+    return data
+
+
 def convert_to_int(value: object) -> Optional[int]:
     """
     Converts string and float input to int. Strips all non-numeric
diff --git a/man/jc.1 b/man/jc.1
index ba7c089f..9c512aaa 100644
--- a/man/jc.1
+++ b/man/jc.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH jc 1 2024-02-01 1.24.1 "JSON Convert"
+.TH jc 1 2024-02-02 1.24.1 "JSON Convert"
 .SH NAME
 \fBjc\fP \- JSON Convert JSONifies the output of many CLI tools, file-types,
 and strings
diff --git a/tests/test_jc_utils.py b/tests/test_jc_utils.py
index 0ed5dad1..f3f3fc1a 100644
--- a/tests/test_jc_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_jc_utils.py
@@ -294,6 +294,25 @@ line5
         expected = ['line2', '', 'line4']
         self.assertEqual(list(jc.utils.line_slice(data, 1, 4)), expected)
 
+    def test_remove_quotes(self):
+        for char in ["'", '"']:
+            with self.subTest(f'Quote character: {char}'):
+                data = f'{char}this is a test{char}'
+                expected = 'this is a test'
+                self.assertEqual(jc.utils.remove_quotes(data), expected)
+
+    def test_normalize_key(self):
+        io_map = {
+            'This is @ crazy  Key!!': 'this_is_crazy_key',
+            'Simple': 'simple',
+            'CamelCase': 'camelcase',
+            '^Complex-Key*': '_complex_key'
+        }
+
+        for data, expected in io_map.items():
+            with self.subTest(f'Original key: {data}'):
+                self.assertEqual(jc.utils.normalize_key(data), expected)
+
 
     # need to mock shutil.get_terminal_size().columns or add a column parameter to test
     # def test_utils_warning_message(self):