Re: personal name api

From: Misty De Meo <misty.de.meo_at_nyob> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:56:49 -0500 To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU

This service uses Freebase to determine the gender of names, and offers a
JSON API: http://genderednames.freebaseapps.com/

zoia in #code4lib has a gender plugin based on it.

Misty

On 13-01-28 4:02 PM, "Eric Lease Morgan" <emorgan_at_ND.EDU> wrote:

>Does anybody here now of an API allowing me to feed it a personal name
>(like Tom, Dick, or Harry), and have it return the possible/probable
>gender of the name?
>
>--
>ELM