Here is the piece of code used in Mines of Elderlore to generate random names:
import random
# from http://www.geocities.com/anvrill/names/cc_goth.html
PLACES = ['Adara', 'Adena', 'Adrianne', 'Alarice', 'Alvita', 'Amara', 'Ambika', 'Antonia', 'Araceli', 'Balandria', 'Basha',
'Beryl', 'Bryn', 'Callia', 'Caryssa', 'Cassandra', 'Casondrah', 'Chatha', 'Ciara', 'Cynara', 'Cytheria', 'Dabria', 'Darcei',
'Deandra', 'Deirdre', 'Delores', 'Desdomna', 'Devi', 'Dominique', 'Drucilla', 'Duvessa', 'Ebony', 'Fantine', 'Fuscienne',
'Gabi', 'Gallia', 'Hanna', 'Hedda', 'Jerica', 'Jetta', 'Joby', 'Kacila', 'Kagami', 'Kala', 'Kallie', 'Keelia', 'Kerry',
'Kerry-Ann', 'Kimberly', 'Killian', 'Kory', 'Lilith', 'Lucretia', 'Lysha', 'Mercedes', 'Mia', 'Maura', 'Perdita', 'Quella',
'Riona', 'Safiya', 'Salina', 'Severin', 'Sidonia', 'Sirena', 'Solita', 'Tempest', 'Thea', 'Treva', 'Trista', 'Vala', 'Winta']
###############################################################################
# Markov Name model
# A random name generator, by Peter Corbett
# http://www.pick.ucam.org/~ptc24/mchain.html
# This script is hereby entered into the public domain
###############################################################################
class Mdict:
def __init__(self):
self.d = {}
def __getitem__(self, key):
if key in self.d:
return self.d[key]
else:
raise KeyError(key)
def add_key(self, prefix, suffix):
if prefix in self.d:
self.d[prefix].append(suffix)
else:
self.d[prefix] = [suffix]
def get_suffix(self,prefix):
l = self[prefix]
return random.choice(l)
class MName:
"""
A name from a Markov chain
"""
def __init__(self, chainlen = 2):
"""
Building the dictionary
"""
if chainlen > 10 or chainlen < 1:
print "Chain length must be between 1 and 10, inclusive"
sys.exit(0)
self.mcd = Mdict()
oldnames = []
self.chainlen = chainlen
for l in PLACES:
l = l.strip()
oldnames.append(l)
s = " " * chainlen + l
for n in range(0,len(l)):
self.mcd.add_key(s[n:n+chainlen], s[n+chainlen])
self.mcd.add_key(s[len(l):len(l)+chainlen], "\n")
def New(self):
"""
New name from the Markov chain
"""
prefix = " " * self.chainlen
name = ""
suffix = ""
while True:
suffix = self.mcd.get_suffix(prefix)
if suffix == "\n" or len(name) > 9:
break
else:
name = name + suffix
prefix = prefix[1:] + suffix
return name.capitalize()
for i in range(100):
print MName().New()