Python Gender detector for CSV files

• Uses library: https://pypi.org/project/gender-guesser/
• Detects the gender based on the First name (given name)
• Can be used with Full names or with just First Names
• Extended with Hungarian first names (accepted from 2025-01-01)
  • Hungarian names are preferred if the PREFER_HUNGARIAN_NAMES const is set to True

Usage

1. install a python version from Microsoft Store

2. install the following python libraries

   pip install gender-guesser

   pip install pandas

3. copy the file named names.csv to the folder where the script is

   • The file should only contain one column, without a header
   • Each line should contain one name. The name can be the full name or just the first name (see example_input.csv).
     • If full name is used, you will prompted to answer wether the name starts with the last name or the first name.

4. run the script with python gender_detector.py

5. answer the questions prompted

6. the result is stored in names_with_genders.csv in the same folder

7. correct the genders manually for the names that didn't match