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Very 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 offensi
by qnk 13y ago
Very 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 more helpful if you use "normal" names.
Disclaimer: I'm Hispanic.
- galapago 13y agoYeap, i can confirm. Hispanic surnames are more or less correct, but first names are bizarre.
- bromagosa 13y agoIndeed. Tried like 15 times and not a single Hispanic first name didn't make me wiggle.
- gus_massa 13y agoI’m from Argentina and also find that the names are very unusual. The usual names vary a lot by country, but I could not even recognize a most of them, and I had to retry about 10 times to get a realistic name.
- chevreuil 13y agoSame thing for French : I have not heard of anyone named Brigliador in France, or maybe in some medieval poetry.
- eterm 13y agoThe 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.
- warbastard 13y agoAlso, I don't know any English/Welsh people who drive a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird.
- junto 13y agohttp://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/pontiac/firebird/used-pontiac-firebird-ruislip-fpa-201401181126344 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/pontiac/firebird/used-... You can be the first to own one! Only a 1995 model though :-)
- peterwwillis 13y agoThat's a Firebird, not a Sunbird. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C258400 http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C258400
- sentenza 13y agoThat was the first thing I noticed. My random German drives a 1996 Buick Roadmaster which is about as likely as him riding around on a Unicorn.
- CWuestefeld 13y agoThe first thing I noticed was that the vehicle field doesn't seem to be sensitive to the products available domestically for the person's address. And for bonus points, it could even consider demographics of the address versus price of the car (I got a Bentley while living in the middle of nowhere in the rust belt, which seems a bit suspicious).
- dubfan 13y agoThe addresses it generates are generally non-existent (if they do exist, it's a coincidence)
- bonestamp2 13y agoYa, I think the car databases are backwards... I have never seen a Peugeot in America. I'm sure there are some, but I've never seen one.
- jaimebuelta 13y agoYes, I was about to say the same. I tried a few "Hispanic" names and they looked absolutely weird. On the other hand the notion of a "reasonable" Hispanic name can be quite broad. Names in Spain can be very different from names in Argentina (where Italian surnames are quite common) or from US (when it's not uncommon to have an English name with a Spanish last name) Not sure about that, but other name set can have the same problems if they try to cover a language shared by lots of people (like Arabic)
- ArcticCelt 13y agoYeah I think that trying the bunch all Hispanic names under the same category is part of the problem. There is 400 million native speakers and they are spread over multiple continents, countries and cultures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-Hispanophone_World.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-Hispanophone_World.png No surprise that names will widely vary from one place to the other.
- wcfields 13y agoYeah, I live in Southern California and I've never heard of 99% of these Hispanic first names.
- nayefc 13y agoActually the Arabic one is pretty accurate.
- ilbe 13y agoCurious what you find this useful for? Filling out online forms instead making stuff up off the top of your head?
- piyush_soni 13y agoIf you are curious, you should always look at the FAQ first :). http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/faq.php http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/faq.php . Look at the section: "What can I use the Fake Name Generator identities for?"
- pisarzp 13y agoSame for Polish. Most of names sound Polish, but I never ever heard of anyone called that name. Also lastnames seem to be missing Polish characters sometimes
- hgsigala 13y agoHispanic here: tried the same thing and had the same reaction. Dampne is not a hispanic name...
- ward 13y agoSame in Dutch-Belgium setting. None of the names sounded realistic and when van de/van der or variants were used it was always in lowercase which is a thing from the Netherlands. In Belgium it'll be in capital letters.