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Country based gender file

The JSON file is based on the awesome nam_dict.txt file, created by Jörg Michael. This file was included in a software package distributed by the german IT magazine c't.

Download the full article: https://www.heise.de/artikel-archiv/ct/2007/17/182_40-000-Namen

Download the software package: http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/07/17/182

Content of names.json

Name: The complete first name, UTF-8 encoded

Gender: The gender consisting of male, female and unisex

Country: The country to which the gender refers

The file is structured as follows:

[
	{
		"name": "Aaron",
		"gender": "male",
		"country": "uk"
	},
	{
		"name": "Aarron",
		"gender": "male",
		"country": "uk"
	},…
]

License

The previously mentioned dictionary file nam_dict.txt - the foundation for my work - was created 2007-2008 by Jörg Michael (astrodotjoergatgooglemaildotcom) and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Due to the requirements of the GNU Free Documentation License I publish my names.json file under the same license terms. (See LICENSE file).

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