https://github.com/root-app/name_to_gender

https://github.com/root-app/name_to_gender

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/root-app/name_to_gender
• Owner: Root-App
• Created: 2016-10-05T12:59:22.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-10-07T14:00:38.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-07T23:58:28.474Z (9 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 361 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# NameToGender

Determines the gender of a first name. A ruby port of https://github.com/MarcSalvat/sexmachine

Makes several simplifyiing assumptions:

* Only parses names common in the USA

* Ignores case

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby

gem 'name_to_gender'

```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install name_to_gender

## Usage

```ruby

NameToGender.build.gender_of("Fred") # => "M"

```

## License

This code is distributed under the GPLv3. The data file nam_dict.txt is released under the GNU Free Documentation License.