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"NameGender" (Built-in Classifier)

"NameGender" (Built-in Classifier)

Determine which gender a first name is.

Classes

Details

  • This classifier is based on the US Census data. It will give poor performances for names that are rare in the US.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Find the possible gender of a person from their first name:

Classify multiple examples:

Unrecognized names will return Indeterminate:

Obtain the probabilities for the possible classes:

Obtain a ClassifierFunction for this classifier:

Apply the classifier to a list of names:

Scope  (1)

Load the ClassifierFunction corresponding to the built-in classifier:

Obtain the possible classes:

Options  (2)

ClassPriors  (1)

Use a custom ClassPriors to restrict the possible outputs:

IndeterminateThreshold  (1)

Use a custom IndeterminateThreshold: