Timeline for Searching for a database of real historical names
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| Sep 7, 2018 at 19:16 | answer | added | Keith Morrison | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 7, 2018 at 2:51 | answer | added | Kabob Maraca | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Sep 6, 2018 at 20:39 | history | suggested | Seymour Guado | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Minor; filling in skipped words, changing verb tenses, clarifying title into an actual question/request rather than an incomplete statement |
| Sep 6, 2018 at 19:25 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 6, 2018 at 18:33 | comment | added | workerjoe | I did something like this before as part of an RPG I never finished. The Python code for it is here. I found Roman names and Viking names by doing web searches for those (individually). I wouldn't assume there's any single master database of all kinds of ethnic names, though. | |
| Jan 20, 2018 at 3:24 | comment | added | Jakob Lovern | I know I'm a little (or a lot) late to the party, but have you considered reducing your names down to their basic syllables and then using neural nets or markov chains to construct names from syllables? | |
| Oct 4, 2017 at 12:49 | history | edited | Nate Anderson | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added project link |
| Sep 12, 2017 at 14:19 | vote | accept | Nate Anderson | ||
| Sep 12, 2017 at 14:19 | vote | accept | Nate Anderson | ||
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| Sep 12, 2017 at 14:17 | comment | added | dot_Sp0T | @NateAnderson while it is good to wait for a bit before accepting an answer, you eventually should do so. If no answer seems satisfactory it is good practice to add additional detail to your question or comment on promising answers pointing out what irks :) | |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 12:51 | history | edited | Nate Anderson | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 180 characters in body |
| Sep 7, 2017 at 1:52 | comment | added | Rob | @NateAnderson The same idea typically applies to StackOverflow as well. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 18:38 | comment | added | NKCampbell | have you looked at sites like this? fakenamegenerator.com/advanced.php - You can set the nationalities just like you say - unless you truly require the database for other purposes, it might be easier to use someone else's data so you can get on with the creative stuff | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 16:35 | comment | added | Luke | Here are a couple of lists that might be worth looking at. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 14:05 | comment | added | mlk | Since you mention Lithuanian as an example, a word of warning. In many eastern European languages, the ending of the last name of a person depends on their gender. Lithuanian seems to be no exception, they even seem to change depending on marital status ( see ). While somebody unfamiliar with the language will not notice, you may confuse some people, if your very manly barbarian is clearly identified as a married woman by his last name. | |
| Sep 6, 2017 at 10:33 | comment | added | Ash | While I understand the frustration of the task you've set yourself up for I really feel this question is an invitation to effectively link-only answers, ones that Google will give you if you ask it anyway. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 21:21 | comment | added | RIanGillis | Having done something similar myself, I think 100 names is definitely not enough. I started looking around the web for interesting sounding names and got some good lists from Game of Thrones, amongst other sources. I'll look around to see if I can locate, and if not I'll post them somewhere online. The other good resource I found was: donjon.bin.sh | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:52 | answer | added | dot_Sp0T | timeline score: 40 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 20:48 | comment | added | dot_Sp0T | While it is great that you're coming to us with your question I think you might profit more from asking on the open data stackexchange - that's pretty much what they do :) The mentioned site also helped me with a question so similar to yours that I will make it an answer :) | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 19:53 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 19:30 | answer | added | redrubberball | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:53 | comment | added | Jeff Zeitlin | I'd love to see the code for this once it's up and running... | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:51 | history | edited | Nate Anderson | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 156 characters in body |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:36 | comment | added | Thorsten S. | Very nice idea. Any intention to make such a database publicly available? | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 18:13 | answer | added | Jeff Zeitlin | timeline score: 23 | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | user | I suppose I can see the value of doing it that way on Stack Overflow, which is much faster paced. As questions here typically require some thinking and possibly research before they can be answered, along with a much smaller (but still vibrant) community, our site isn't as fast paced. (The recommendation here is also to wait at least a day before accepting an answer, even if you receive answers early. Just a heads up.) | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:31 | history | edited | user | Copy-editing, better tags | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:31 | comment | added | Nate Anderson | @MichaelKjörling it's a carryover from Stack Overflow, where that practice is common. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:31 | history | edited | user | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Copy-editing |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:30 | comment | added | user | There is also no need to specifically call out your edits in the text of a post. Rather, try to work your edits into the text such that the post reads as a coherent whole, not a collection of edits. The revision history is available for everyone to see if someone wants to know how the post evolved into its current form. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:29 | comment | added | user | While there is precedent for questions seeking resources on the real world being on topic on Worldbuilding, you might want to also visit our sister site History as they may be able to help you with this. | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 17:04 | history | edited | Ranger | edited tags | |
| Sep 5, 2017 at 16:35 | history | edited | Nate Anderson | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 195 characters in body |
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| Sep 5, 2017 at 16:22 | history | asked | Nate Anderson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |