names
Random name generator
Installation
The script is available on PyPI. To install with pip:
sudo 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:
$ names
John Powell
Python Package Usage
Here are examples of all current features:
>>> 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