Comments on: Random Name Generator http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wuts http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-31389 wuts Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-31389 <p>thanks, this excel file is awesome</p> thanks, this excel file is awesome

]]> By: Kevin Kilburn http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-24501 Kevin Kilburn Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-24501 <p>John,</p> <p>Is there any way you could e-mail this to me? Looks like a neat tool, but I can't download it because Websense blocks the download (Message Boards and Clubs). Thanks.</p> <p>Kevin</p> John,

Is there any way you could e-mail this to me? Looks like a neat tool, but I can’t download it because Websense blocks the download (Message Boards and Clubs). Thanks.

Kevin

]]> By: Tushar Mehta http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-24404 Tushar Mehta Tue, 29 May 2007 04:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-24404 <p>Nancy:</p> <p>This is *not* the right solution for you. It's a great way to generate *fake* names that appear real.</p> <p>You should look at options such as<br> Random Selection<br> <a href="http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgroups/rand_selection/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgroups/rand_selection/index.html</a></p> Nancy:

This is *not* the right solution for you. It’s a great way to generate *fake* names that appear real.

You should look at options such as
Random Selection
http://www.tushar-mehta.com/excel/newsgroups/rand_selection/index.html

]]> By: Nancy D http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-24366 Nancy D Sat, 26 May 2007 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-24366 <p>This is a fabulous tool- I'm using it to test a randomization macro that someone wanted me to develop at work to use to generate a list of 20 names from ~950 employees for purposes of determining who wins door prizes at our Spring get-together! Thanks so much for making this available!</p> This is a fabulous tool- I’m using it to test a randomization macro that someone wanted me to develop at work to use to generate a list of 20 names from ~950 employees for purposes of determining who wins door prizes at our Spring get-together! Thanks so much for making this available!

]]> By: Ken Puls http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20419 Ken Puls Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20419 <p>Just came across this in one of my RSS feeds: <a href="http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/index.php</a></p> <p>Looks like you can order in bulk, too. I wonder what the chance is that these actually contain real combinations for our friendly spammers?</p> Just came across this in one of my RSS feeds: http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/index.php

Looks like you can order in bulk, too. I wonder what the chance is that these actually contain real combinations for our friendly spammers?

]]> By: Julian Knight http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20398 Julian Knight Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20398 <p>Oops, should have provided a link</p> <p><a href="http://www.mindcraft.com/directorymark/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindcraft.com/directorymark/</a></p> Oops, should have provided a link

http://www.mindcraft.com/directorymark/

]]> By: Julian Knight http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20397 Julian Knight Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:21:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20397 <p>If you really want a big list of valid people names, I suggest you download the DirectoryMark tool (for benchmarking X.500 and LDAP directories). This contains, as far as I remember, a script and base data for generating millions of unique, live-live names.</p> If you really want a big list of valid people names, I suggest you download the DirectoryMark tool (for benchmarking X.500 and LDAP directories). This contains, as far as I remember, a script and base data for generating millions of unique, live-live names.

]]> By: Johan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20326 Johan Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20326 <p>The xls file shrinks to about 1.8MB if you delete all the empty rows starting at 18845.</p> The xls file shrinks to about 1.8MB if you delete all the empty rows starting at 18845.

]]> By: Mpemba http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20230 Mpemba Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:32:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20230 <p>That's resolved that then: the values were indeed invented. I simply made them up [typed in the first numbers that came to mind] to give something for the formulae to work with. It was an Excel question and for demonstrating the Excel aspects it matters not at all whether I used made up data or (inaccurate) census data :o)</p> <p>The census misses a lot of "illegals" ...</p> That’s resolved that then: the values were indeed invented. I simply made them up [typed in the first numbers that came to mind] to give something for the formulae to work with. It was an Excel question and for demonstrating the Excel aspects it matters not at all whether I used made up data or (inaccurate) census data :o )

The census misses a lot of “illegals” …

]]> By: Jason B http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2006/07/13/random-name-generator/#comment-20224 Jason B Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1445#comment-20224 <p>I agree that your column C and my column F are equivalent equations. The source of my comment was your values in column B, which seem to be invented, at least in your post. When you refer to to getting exactly the same result, are you referring to {Mary 15.10%, Nancy 14.90%, Pamela 9.10%} or {MARY 2.629%, PATRICIA 1.073%, LINDA 1.035%}?? The first is as given in column B of your post; the second is from the cencus.</p> I agree that your column C and my column F are equivalent equations. The source of my comment was your values in column B, which seem to be invented, at least in your post. When you refer to to getting exactly the same result, are you referring to {Mary 15.10%, Nancy 14.90%, Pamela 9.10%} or {MARY 2.629%, PATRICIA 1.073%, LINDA 1.035%}?? The first is as given in column B of your post; the second is from the cencus.

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