Is Probably American Name

Check a string against a database of American first names.

⚠️ Be careful about using this package in the browser. The database it checks against is a 67 MB JSON file.

Install

$ npm install is-probably-american-name --save

Usage

const isName = require('is-probably-american-name')

isName('ada') // => true
isName('analytical engine') // => false

Limitations

First names only

This package only works for first names.

const isName = require('is-probably-american-name')
isName('ada lovelace') // => false

International names

This packages uses a database of American names from 1880 to 2016. As such, it includes a number of names from around the world, but it's far from perfect. Here's how it performs against a small sample of actual names:

Name	Recognized?
Fela	✅
Vineet	✅
Khaled	✅
Yuriko	✅
Lingman	❌
Azami	❌
Weiwen	❌
Rajeswari	❌

Created By

• Thomas Bailey