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is-probably-american-name
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Check a string against a database of American first names.
⚠️ Be careful about using this package in the browser. The database it checks against is a 67 MB JSON file.
$ npm install is-probably-american-name --save
const isName = require('is-probably-american-name')
isName('ada') // => true
isName('analytical engine') // => false
This package only works for first names.
const isName = require('is-probably-american-name')
isName('ada lovelace') // => false
This packages uses a database of American names from 1880 to 2016. As such, it includes a number of names from around the world, but it's far from perfect. Here's how it performs against a small sample of actual names:
Name | Recognized? |
---|---|
Fela | ✅ |
Vineet | ✅ |
Khaled | ✅ |
Yuriko | ✅ |
Lingman | ❌ |
Azami | ❌ |
Weiwen | ❌ |
Rajeswari | ❌ |
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Check a string against a database of American names.
The npm package is-probably-american-name receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, is-probably-american-name popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that is-probably-american-name demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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