Generate random (or seeded) names, based on 1990 Census data
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Generate random (or seeded) names, based on 1990 Census Data.
To install:
``
npm install node-random-name
To use:
`
var random_name = require('node-random-name');
console.log(random_name()); // -> "Brittny Kraska"
console.log(random_name({ first: true, gender: "male" })); // -> "Jean"
console.log(random_name({ last: true })); // -> "Kinsel"
console.log(random_name({ seed: 'Based on this' })); // -> "Garrett Scheets"
console.log(random_name({ random: Math.random, female: true })); // -> "Jo"
The names are taken from 1990 Census Data. The default random number
generator is alea, because it
can be seeded -- but you can pass in any function you like, so long
as it returns a floating point number in the range \0,1\).
The name data used was taken from
[treyhunner/names, which is a
python package with a very similar API.
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