I'm looking for an api/dictionary or any resource that can help me return variants of names I give it. e.g. If i pass "william defoe", it should return "w.defoe", "bill.d", "william.d", etc.
I haven't found any adequate resource online. My implementation can be either in python or java.
There is a Database (must be purchased) called pdNickname. I found it via this question: Database of common name aliases / nicknames of people
Searched Google for "nickname database" and it's the second result.
In addition to all that, the transformations - as pointed out by Hunter - are simple. You can implement those transformations in 5 minutes or less. The one you pointed out ("William" -> "Bill") is still quite simple, although you'll need a list of names -> nicknames hence the link to the above Database.
From their sample text
NAME VARIATION GENDER
------------------------------------
ABIGAIL ABBEY 1F
ABIGAIL ABBIE 2F
ABIGAIL ABBY 3F
ABIGAIL GAIL 4F
ABIGAIL ABAEGAYLE 5F
ABIGAIL ABAGAEL 6F
May be a bit of an overkill, but not all "Williams" like to be called "Bill" :P
EDIT
There is also an alternative on Google Code which is a CSV of names and common nicknames/diminuntives.
I created this C# class for my own dimunitive purpose. Should be easy to convert to java.
public static class Diminutives
{
public static List<string> GetNames(string givenName)
{
// Diminutives of given name, most common first.
switch (givenName)
{
case "Abigail":
return new List<string> { "Abby", "Nabby" };
case "Abraham":
case "Abram":
return new List<string> { "Abe", "Aby" };
case "Agnes":
return new List<string> { "Aggie", "Aggy" };
case "Albert":
return new List<string> { "Bert", "Bertie" };
case "Alexander":
return new List<string> { "Alec", "Alex", "Lex", "Sandy" };
case "Alfred":
return new List<string> { "Alf", "Fred", "Freddy", "Alfie" };
case "Alice":
case "Alicia":
return new List<string> { "Ally", "Allie", "Elsie" };
case "Andrew":
return new List<string> { "Andy" };
case "Ann":
case "Anna":
case "Anne":
case "Annette":
return new List<string> { "Annie" };
case "Anthony":
case "Antony":
return new List<string> { "Tony", "Tone" };
case "Antoinette":
return new List<string> { "Netty", "Net" };
case "Arabella":
return new List<string> { "Bella", "Bel", "Belle" };
case "Archibald":
return new List<string> { "Archie", "Archy", "Baldie" };
case "Augustus":
return new List<string> { "Gus", "Gussie", "Gustus" };
case "Barbara":
return new List<string> { "Bab", "Babs", "Babbie" };
case "Bartholomew":
return new List<string> { "Bart", "Bat" };
case "Benedict":
return new List<string> { "Bennet" };
case "Benjamin":
return new List<string> { "Ben", "Benny" };
case "Bernard":
return new List<string> { "Barney" };
case "Bertha":
case "Bertram":
return new List<string> { "Bertie", "Berty", "Bert" };
case "Burton":
return new List<string> { "Burt" };
case "Caroline":
return new List<string> { "Carrie", "Caddie", "Carol" };
case "Casimir":
return new List<string> { "Cassie", "Cas" };
case "Catherine":
case "Catherina":
case "Katharine":
case "Katherine":
return new List<string> { "Katie", "Casy", "Kate", "Kathleen", "Cathie", "Kathie", "Kit", "Kitty" };
case "Cecilia":
case "Cecily":
return new List<string> { "Cissy", "Sis", "Cis", "Cissie" };
case "Charles":
return new List<string> { "Charlie", "Charley" };
case "Christian":
return new List<string> { "Chris", "Christie", "Christy" };
case "Christina":
return new List<string> { "Chris", "Chrissy", "Chrissie", "Tina" };
case "Christopher":
return new List<string> { "Chris" };
case "Clara":
case "Clarice":
case "Clarissa":
return new List<string> { "Clare", "Claire" };
case "Constance":
return new List<string> { "Connie", "Conny" };
case "Daniel":
return new List<string> { "Dan", "Danny", "Dannie" };
case "David":
return new List<string> { "Dave", "Davy", "Davie" };
case "Diana":
return new List<string> { "Di", "Die" };
case "Dorothea":
case "Dorothy":
return new List<string> { "Dolly", "Dol", "Dora", "Dollie" };
case "Edmund":
return new List<string> { "Ed", "Ned", "Neddy" };
case "Edward":
return new List<string> { "Ed", "Eddie", "Eddy", "Ned", "Neddy", "Ted", "Teddy" };
case "Edwin":
return new List<string> { "Ed", "Eddie", "Eddy" };
case "Eleanor":
case "Elinor":
case "Leonora":
return new List<string> { "Ella", "Ellen", "Nell", "Nellie", "Nora", "Norah" };
case "Elisabeth":
case "Eliza":
case "Elizabeth":
return new List<string> { "Beth", "Betsy", "Bess", "Bessie", "Bessy", "Betty", "Elsie", "Lisa", "Liza" };
case "Elsbeth":
case "Elspeth":
return new List<string> { "Elspie", "Elsie" };
case "Emeline":
case "Emmeline":
case "Emily":
case "Emma":
return new List<string> { "Emmy", "Emmie", "Emm" };
case "Esther":
case "Hester":
case "Hesther":
return new List<string> { "Essie", "Essy" };
case "Eugenia":
return new List<string> { "Genie" };
case "Euphemia":
return new List<string> { "Effie", "Euphie", "Phemie", "Phamie", "Effy" };
case "Evelina":
case "Eveline":
case "Evelyn":
return new List<string> { "Eva", "Eve" };
case "Ezekial":
return new List<string> { "Zeke" };
case "Florence":
return new List<string> { "Flo", "Flossie" };
case "Frances":
return new List<string> { "Fanny", "Fannie" };
case "Francis":
return new List<string> { "Frank", "Francie", "Frankie", "Franky" };
case "Frederic":
case "Frederick":
case "Frederica":
case "Frederico":
return new List<string> { "Fred", "Freddie", "Freddy" };
case "Gabriel":
return new List<string> { "Gabe", "Gaby", "Gabby" };
case "George":
return new List<string> { "Dod", "Doddy", "Geordie", "Georgie" };
case "Georgina":
case "Georgiana":
return new List<string> { "Georgie", "Georgy" };
case "Gertrude":
return new List<string> { "Gertie", "Gerty", "Trudy", "Trudie" };
case "Gilbert":
return new List<string> { "Gil" };
case "Helen":
case "Helena":
return new List<string> { "Nell", "Nellie", "Lena" };
case "Henrietta":
return new List<string> { "Etta", "Hetty", "Nettie", "Netty" };
case "Harold":
case "Henry":
return new List<string> { "Harry", "Harrie", "Hal", "Hen", "Henny" };
case "Hugh":
case "Hugo":
return new List<string> { "Hughie" };
case "Humphrey":
case "Humphry":
return new List<string> { "Humph" };
case "Isaac":
case "Izaak":
return new List<string> { "Ike", "Ik" };
case "James":
case "Jacob":
case "Jacov":
return new List<string> { "Jim", "Jimmy", "Jemmy", "Jimmie", "Jem" };
case "Jacomina":
return new List<string> { "Mien" };
case "Jane":
return new List<string> { "Janet", "Jean", "Jeanie", "Jeannie", "Jeany" };
case "Janet":
case "Jennifer":
return new List<string> { "Jenny", "Jennie", "Jen" };
case "Jessie":
return new List<string> { "Jess" };
case "John":
return new List<string> { "Johnnie", "Johnny", "Jack", "Jock" };
case "Joseph":
return new List<string> { "Joe", "Joey" };
case "Josephine":
return new List<string> { "Jo", "Josy", "Josie", "Jozy", "Pheny" };
case "Joshua":
return new List<string> { "Josh" };
case "Judith":
return new List<string> { "Judy", "Judie" };
case "Julian":
case "Julius":
return new List<string> { "Jule" };
case "Kathleen":
return new List<string> { "Kathy", "Katie", "Kath" };
case "Kenneth":
return new List<string> { "Ken" };
case "Laurence":
case "Lawrence":
case "Lorenzo":
return new List<string> { "Larry", "Larrie" };
case "Leonard":
return new List<string> { "Lenny", "Len", "Lennie" };
case "Letitia":
case "Lettice":
return new List<string> { "Letty", "Lettie" };
case "Lewis":
case "Louis":
case "Ludovic":
return new List<string> { "Lou", "Lewie", "Lew", "Louie" };
case "Louisa":
case "Louise":
return new List<string> { "Lou", "Louie" };
case "Madeline":
return new List<string> { "Maud", "Maudlin" };
case "Magdalene":
return new List<string> { "Lena", "Maud" };
case "Margaret":
return new List<string> { "Margie", "Margy", "Marjory", "Marjorie", "Madge", "Mag", "Maggie", "Meg", "Meggy", "Peg", "Peggy" };
case "Marion":
return new List<string> { "Mamie" };
case "Martha":
return new List<string> { "Mat", "Matty", "Pat", "Patty", "Patti" };
case "Mary":
case "Miriam":
return new List<string> { "May", "Moll", "Molly", "Mollie" };
case "Matilda":
case "Mathilda":
return new List<string> { "Mat", "Mattie", "Matty", "Maud", "Tilda", "Tillie" };
case "Matthew":
case "Matthias":
return new List<string> { "Matt", "Mat" };
case "Michael":
return new List<string> { "Mike", "Micky", "Mickey" };
case "Moses":
return new List<string> { "Mose", "Mosey" };
case "Nancy":
return new List<string> { "Nan", "Nance", "Nina" };
case "Nicholas":
case "Nicolas":
return new List<string> { "Nick", "Nic", "Nicky" };
case "Oliver":
return new List<string> { "Ollie", "Olly", "Nol", "Nolly" };
case "Patrick":
return new List<string> { "Pat", "Paddy" };
case "Patricia":
return new List<string> { "Pat", "Patty" };
case "Peter":
return new List<string> { "Pete" };
case "Philip":
return new List<string> { "Phil", "Pip" };
case "Philippa":
return new List<string> { "Pippa" };
case "Prudence":
return new List<string> { "Prue", "Prudy" };
case "Raymond":
case "Raymund":
return new List<string> { "Ray" };
case "Rebecca":
case "Rebekah":
return new List<string> { "Beck", "Bex", "Becky", "Beckie" };
case "Reginald":
case "Reynold":
return new List<string> { "Reg", "Reggie", "Reggy" };
case "Richard":
return new List<string> { "Dick", "Dickie", "Dicky", "Rick", "Ricky", "Rickie" };
case "Robert":
case "Rupert":
return new List<string> { "Bob", "Bobby", "Bobbie", "Rob", "Robby", "Robbie", "Robin" };
case "Roderick":
case "Roderic":
return new List<string> { "Rick", "Ricky", "Rickie", "Rod", "Roddie", "Roddy" };
case "Roger":
return new List<string> { "Rodge", "Hodge", "Hodgekin" };
case "Rosa":
case "Rosabella":
case "Rosalia":
case "Rosalie":
case "Rosalind":
return new List<string> { "Rosie" };
case "Samuel":
return new List<string> { "Sam", "Sammy" };
case "Sarah, Sara":
return new List<string> { "Sal", "Sally" };
case "Sebastian":
return new List<string> { "Seb" };
case "Silvester":
case "Sylvester":
return new List<string> { "Vester", "Vest", "Sil", "Syl" };
case "Sophia":
return new List<string> { "Sophie", "Sophy" };
case "Stephen":
return new List<string> { "Steve", "Stevie", "Steenie" };
case "Susan":
case "Susanna":
case "Susannah":
return new List<string> { "Sue", "Suke", "Suky", "Susie", "Susy" };
case "Theodora":
return new List<string> { "Dora" };
case "Theresa":
return new List<string> { "Terry", "Tracie", "Tracy" };
case "Thomas":
return new List<string> { "Tom", "Tommy", "Tam", "Tammie" };
case "Timothy":
return new List<string> { "Tim" };
case "Tobias":
return new List<string> { "Toby" };
case "Victor":
return new List<string> { "Vic" };
case "Vincent":
return new List<string> { "Vince", "Vin", "Vinty" };
case "Walter":
return new List<string> { "Wat", "Watty" };
case "Willem":
return new List<string> { "Wim", "Willie" };
case "William":
return new List<string> { "Will", "Willie", "Willy", "Bill", "Billie", "Billy" };
case "Winifred":
case "Winfred":
return new List<string> { "Winnie", "Winny" };
case "Zachariah":
case "Zechariah":
return new List<string> { "Zach", "Zacky", "Zackie", "Zak" };
default:
return new List<string>();
}
}
}
