node-random-name

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).

Related

The name data used was taken from treyhunner/names, which is a python package with a very similar API.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 C. Scott Ananian

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