Database or List of English First and Last Names

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A.O. picture A.O. · Aug 23, 2013 · Viewed 45.3k times · Source

I've come across a few smaller lists/sets of names but I was wondering if there is a free data source out there that can provide a list of names (comma delimited or in a sql structure)?

I've found these two sites:

http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm

http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/browse/letter/a?detoured=1

However it seems you can only browse the names, not download a comprehensive file.

Doesn't the US Census Bureau provide this information?

Answer

Erik Norvelle picture Erik Norvelle · Dec 11, 2013

I'm compiling a database that contains last names from a variety of different countries and cultures, the UK among them. The project and its datasets can be found here: https://github.com/enorvelle/NameDatabases(Dead: link, project and GitHub account)

This seems to have migrated to github.com/smashew/NameDatabases. (Sole contributer "Erik Norvelle".)

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