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NameGen
This script is a simple name generator cowritten with my SO during a rainy evening.
It uses simply a Markov chain of configurable order and it is able to generate the probability data from a list of names or to read a pregenerated one from a json file.
Usage is:
namegen.py (-s <stat_file>)|(-l <list_file>) [-S <dest_file>] [-n <n>]
and a manpage is available in the first docstring of the script.
Downloads
The script is also available from its git repository at http://git.trueelena.org/cgit.cgi/software/namegen/
Language files
- US first names, male
- data from the 1990 census freely distributable source, but includes a mix of english and spanish names.
- US first names, female
- data from the 1990 census freely distributable source, but includes a mix of english and spanish names.
- Italian first names, male
- data from Nomi italiani article on the italian wikipedia licensed under CC-BY-SA.
- Italian first names, female
- data from Nomi italiani article on the italian wikipedia licensed under CC-BY-SA.
- Unix file names
- data from a linux root filesystem :)
- Debian mailing lists
- Python package from a list of Pypi projects.
License
Released under plain 3-clause BSD: do whatever you want, but don't complain when something breaks, or in legal terms:
Copyright (c) 2011, Elena Grandi, Diego Roversi All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
- Neither the name of the <organization> nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
