names

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Random name generator

Installation

The script is available on PyPI_. To install with pip::

pip install names

Usage

Names can be used as a command line utility or imported as a Python package.

Command Line Usage

To use the script from the command line:

.. code-block:: bash

    $ names
    John Powell

Python Package Usage

Here are examples of all current features:

.. code-block:: pycon

>>> import names
>>> names.get_full_name()
u'Patricia Halford'
>>> names.get_full_name(gender='male')
u'Patrick Keating'
>>> names.get_first_name()
'Bernard'
>>> names.get_first_name(gender='female')
'Christina'
>>> names.get_last_name()
'Szczepanek'

License

This project is released under an MIT License_.

Data in the following files are public domain (derived from 1990 Census data):

• dist.all.last
• dist.female.first
• dist.male.first

.. _mit license: http://th.mit-license.org/2013 .. _available on PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/names/