py-unique-names-generator
Generate unique and memorable name strings
Prerequisites
Python 3.6 or greater.
Installation
$ pip install unique-names-generator
Usage
In [1]: from unique_names_generator import get_random_name
In [2]: get_random_name()
Out[2]: 'Pink Dragon'
Parameters
combo
- List of lists
The package comes with a bunch of random names as lists. By default, we use a color
and animal
to generate a random name.
Other lists are ADJECTIVES
, ANIMALS
, COLORS
, COUNTRIES
, LANGUAGES
, NAMES
, STAR_WARS
.
In [1]: from unique_names_generator import get_random_name
In [2]: from unique_names_generator.data import ADJECTIVES, STAR_WARS
In [3]: get_random_name(combo=[ADJECTIVES, STAR_WARS])
Out[3]: 'Furious Yoda'
separator
- A string, default is blank space
In [1]: from unique_names_generator import get_random_name
In [2]: from unique_names_generator.data import ADJECTIVES, NAMES
In [69]: get_random_name(combo=[ADJECTIVES, NAMES], separator="_")
Out[69]: 'Fun_Antonie'
style
- A string, one of capital|lowercase|uppercase.
In [1]: from unique_names_generator import get_random_name
In [2]: from unique_names_generator.data import ADJECTIVES, NAMES
In [3]: get_random_name(separator="-", style="lowercase")
Out[3]: 'crimson-cat'
And, you can pass your own list of words. But let's face it, then this package would just be a function which randomly chooses a word from a list of strings. So its better to keep adding to the list here or fork it for your own use.