NameGender

0.4.0

PowerShell client for the NameGender API: gender from names, email addresses and usernames, with the probability and sample size behind each answer, salutations for letters and emails, a check of whether a name typed into a form looks like a real person's name, and the typical age of the people who carry a first name.

Minimum PowerShell version

5.1

Installation Options

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Copyright

(c) 2026 NameGender. MIT License.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • NameGender

Tags

gender name api namegender gender-detection

Functions

Get-NameGender Get-NameGenderCountry Get-NameGenderAccount Get-NameGenderSalutation Test-NameGenderName Get-NameGenderAge

PSEditions

Desktop Core

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

0.4.0: Get-NameGenderAge estimates the typical age of the people who carry a first name (median and ranges; US, France and Norway). 0.3.0: Test-NameGenderName says whether names look like real people's names (plausible, suspicious or implausible, with the signals behind it). 0.2.0: Get-NameGenderSalutation builds formal, informal and neutral salutations from names.

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
0.4.0 (current version) 14 10/9/2026
0.3.0 7 10/6/2026
0.2.0 4 10/6/2026
0.1.0 6 10/6/2026