name-db

name-db is a collection of names in all languages. Our goal is to collect as much data as we can, and to provide an open-source free API for name translations.

Important notice for returning contributors

names.json is deprecated.

From now on, names are stored in collection/ directory.

Each name has a separated file.

The structure of the name object is the same.

Specs

name-db currently stores only first names.

Each name is stored in a JSON file, located in collection/. The following is the structure of a name file:

collection/{lowercase name}.json:

{
    "name": "", // English name, lowercase, coresponding to the filename
    "meaning": "", // The meaning of the name, in English
    "aliases": [], // An array of lowercase alias names, such as: richard -> dick, daniel -> dan, etc.
    "translations": {
        "{lowercase ISO-639-3 language code}": "{translation}" 
    }
}

Example:

collections/jonathan.json

{
    "name": "jonathan",
    "meaning": "Hebrew for \"YHWH has given\"",
    "aliases": [
        "johnathan",
        "john",
        "yonathan"
    ], 
    "translations": {
        "heb": "ג'ונתן" 
    }
}

The language codes are ISO 639-3 codes. For a list of language codes, please see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-3_codes

Note that everything except the translations should be in English.

Contribution (Easy PR, large impact!)

Making a contribution is real easy - just read the specs, and do one of these:

• Add your/a name (if it doesn't exist yet)
• Add a translation to existing name
• Add meanings to existing names
• Correct translations / meanings
• Come up with a way we can do things better, and create an issue

Also, feel free to take a few aliases that doesn't have a file, and create their files.

Just fork the repository, do one of the tasks above, make a pull request and we'll approve it.