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Python module to generate random names of Indian origin.
You can install it using pip from the repository as:
pip install indian-names
Indian-names can be used as a command line utility or imported as a Python module.
To use the script from the command line:
$ indian-names
Anand Dubey
Here are examples of all current features:
>>> import indian_names
>>> indian_names.get_full_name()
'Nisha Asthana'
>>> indian_names.get_full_name(gender='male')
'Manish Gupta'
>>> indian_names.get_first_name()
'Siddhant'
>>> indian_names.get_first_name(gender='female')
'Kajal'
>>> indian_names.get_last_name()
'Tripathi'
The module can currently generate 550+ first names for male and female each, and 350+ last names. Overall 400,000+ full names can be generated.
This project is released under a BSD 3-Clause License.
Names are compiled in the following files through various online sources available publically:
first.male.names
first.female.names
last.names
FAQs
Generate random names of Indian origin
We found that indian-names demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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