infer-gender

Infer the gender of a name based on a large list of names, case insensitive and removes diacritics.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import inferGender from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/infer-gender';
</script>

README

infer-gender

Infer the gender of a name based on a large list of names, case insensitive and removes diacritics.

Installation

$ npm install infer-gender

Usage

The method gender.infer() will return one of the following values:

  • female
  • male
  • unisex
  • unknown
const gender = require('infer-gender')

console.log(gender.infer('~~(Micha^el) Bolton~~')) // -> male

Sources

License

The Clear BSD License

Copyright (c) 2018 Ariel Flesler All rights reserved.

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