The randomNames package contains a single function randomNames which creates random gender/ethnicity correct first and/or last names where names are proportionally sampled based upon their frequency in a large scale database.
From CRAN
To install the latest stable release of randomNames from CRAN
> install.packages("randomNames")From Github
To install the development release of randomNames from GitHub:
>devtools::install_github("CenterForAssessment/randomNames")> randomNames(5) ## 5 last, first names
[1] "Mossberg, Cassie" "Mendiaz, Victoria" "Miner, Cassidy" "Austin, Brook" "Babcock, Lloyd"
> randomNames(5, gender=1) ## 5 female last, first names
[1] "Bruckner, Birva" "Caringer, Madelyn" "Mendoza, Rebecca" "el-Haque, Jaleela" "Williams, Miranda"
> randomNames(5, gender=0) ## 5 male last, first names
[1] "al-Salam, Rida" "Debus, Kai" "al-Aly, Jaabir" "Garces, Markus" "Robertson, Trevor"
> randomNames(5, gender=0, ethnicity=3) ## 5 African American, male last, first names
[1] "Bashir, Shaquille" "Ursery, Keilan" "Marlow, Marvin" "Bell, Daishavon" "Hammond, Kyle"
> randomNames(5, gender=1, ethnicity=6, which.names="first") ## 5 Middle Eastern, female first names
[1] "Jawhara" "Raaniya" "Ghaada" "Ghazaala" "Raabia"
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