# Synonym dictionaries of person names
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 29, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892 "2015-01-29T05:28:33Z")
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### Author:  [@davidbkemp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidbkemp)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892/1 "2015-01-29T05:28:33Z")
I am looking for synonym dictionaries of person names that I can use with
the Elasticsearch synonym analyser.
e.g. dictionaries that map "Ted" to "Edward", and "Bill" to "William".
I am curious to know what others are using.
So far I have found these two possible sources:
> **[carltonnorthern/nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup](https://github.com/carltonnorthern/nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup)**
>
> nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup - A CSV file that containing US given names (first name) and their associated nicknames or diminutive names.
[https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files](https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files)
And perhaps
[http://www.behindthename.com](http://www.behindthename.com)
Thanks,
David
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Harwood\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood_2)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892/2 "2015-01-29T13:34:21Z")
I've built one before from raw data but you need:
1. a _lot_ of data
2. a unique ID per person
3. some noise/variation in the names recorded for each person
The input is of this form:
personID recorded\_name
======= =============
1 Rob
1 Robert
1 Bob
2 Dave
2 David
2 Alice
...
The output is a weighted graph of name\<-\>variant e.g Robert== Bob with a
strong confidence rating.
Using this I know not just real names but also typos e.g. that "Janes" is
more likely to be "James" than "Jane" (a common typo due to key locations
on keyboard).
On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 5:28:33 AM UTC, David Kemp wrote:
> I am looking for synonym dictionaries of person names that I can use with
> the Elasticsearch synonym analyser.
> e.g. dictionaries that map "Ted" to "Edward", and "Bill" to "William".
> I am curious to know what others are using.
> So far I have found these two possible sources:
>
> [https://code.google.com/p/nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup/downloads/list](https://code.google.com/p/nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup/downloads/list)
> [https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files](https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files)
>
> And perhaps
> [http://www.behindthename.com](http://www.behindthename.com)
>
> Thanks,
> David
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### Author:  [@Itamar\_Syn\_Hershko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Itamar_Syn_Hershko)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892/3 "2015-02-02T07:26:36Z")
Was it raw POS tagged data or just raw data? can you share the code /
process you used?
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Mark Harwood \<
[mark.harwood@elasticsearch.com](mailto:mark.harwood@elasticsearch.com)\> wrote:
> I've built one before from raw data but you need:
>
> 1. a _lot_ of data
> 2. a unique ID per person
> 3. some noise/variation in the names recorded for each person
>
> The input is of this form:
>
> personID recorded\_name
> ======= =============
> 1 Rob
> 1 Robert
> 1 Bob
> 2 Dave
> 2 David
> 2 Alice
> ...
>
> The output is a weighted graph of name\<-\>variant e.g Robert== Bob with a
> strong confidence rating.
> Using this I know not just real names but also typos e.g. that "Janes" is
> more likely to be "James" than "Jane" (a common typo due to key locations
> on keyboard).
>
> On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 5:28:33 AM UTC, David Kemp wrote:
>
> > I am looking for synonym dictionaries of person names that I can use with
> > the Elasticsearch synonym analyser.
> > e.g. dictionaries that map "Ted" to "Edward", and "Bill" to "William".
> > I am curious to know what others are using.
> > So far I have found these two possible sources:
> >
> > [Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting.](https://code.google.com/p/nickname-and-diminutive-names-)
> > lookup/downloads/list
> > [https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files](https://github.com/DallanQ/Names/wiki/Name-variant-files)
> >
> > And perhaps
> > [http://www.behindthename.com](http://www.behindthename.com)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/synonym-dictionaries-of-person-names/21892/4 "2017-07-06T00:35:24Z")