I've been using this for testing webapps for years
Fake Name Generator
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#32Very useful resource! I'm curious though, where did you get your Hispanic names from? Seems like they come from a database of funny, weird and probably offensive names. No one is called like that in Spanish-speaking countries, and yes, I know the names are supposed to be fake, but just comparing the Hispanic with the American ones, you can tell there's a big difference. Whether or not is intentional, it could be even…
The England/Wales names are weird too, lots of unusual first names.
Also, Wales seems way over-represented. It has a population that's tiny compared to England, but half the names generated seem to be Welsh names such as Cerys.
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#33Very useful resource! I'm curious though, where did you get your Hispanic names from? Seems like they come from a database of funny, weird and probably offensive names. No one is called like that in Spanish-speaking countries, and yes, I know the names are supposed to be fake, but just comparing the Hispanic with the American ones, you can tell there's a big difference. Whether or not is intentional, it could be even…
Yeap, i can confirm. Hispanic surnames are more or less correct, but first names are bizarre.
Indeed. Tried like 15 times and not a single Hispanic first name didn't make me wiggle.
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#34I've been using this for testing webapps for years
Me too, and when I do I always blindly copy and paste and end up with very fake looking data... Which doesn't matter to me at all!
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#35Very useful resource! I'm curious though, where did you get your Hispanic names from? Seems like they come from a database of funny, weird and probably offensive names. No one is called like that in Spanish-speaking countries, and yes, I know the names are supposed to be fake, but just comparing the Hispanic with the American ones, you can tell there's a big difference. Whether or not is intentional, it could be even…
The England/Wales names are weird too, lots of unusual first names. Also, Wales seems way over-represented. It has a population that's tiny compared to England, but half the names generated seem to be Welsh names such as Cerys.
Also, I don't know any English/Welsh people who drive a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird.
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#36Brazilian names are quite convincing.
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#37Hmm, in my experience, 85 yo Dutch women are unlikely to drive a Mazda Miata. Although maybe mine examiners are more thrill-seeking than the average 85 yo. Fun!
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#38How very coincidental. This afternoon I was talking to my cofounders about test data generation - and names were one of them. Here are other resources that we found that were helpful: - http://www.generatedata.com/ - http://databasetestdata.com - http://randomuser.me (useful for frontends) - http://gedis-studio.com/ (not free) Also, TIL that Hipchat doesn't always pull all the links
"How very coincidental"
Colour me surprised too. Just 5 minutes ago I was searching for a false name generator. My heart leapt with fright on seeing my recent history at the top of HN.
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#39The Norwegian name set generates some really strange first names. Plausible surnames though.
Same with Icelandic names. Also, the GPS coordinates were often out at sea or on a mountain. Using openStreetMap it should be easy to generate more plausible coordinates.
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#40While this is very interesting, the profiles may need to be "tweaked" a bit to be realistic. For example, the first profile it generate for me was a:
-Female
-Fitness instructor
-Weighing 205.9 lbs
-Standing 5 feet 1 inch
Individually, any of these things might be ok. Any three could even be possible. All four, however, just doesn't seem to work.