Lingua::EN::Nickname - Genealogical nickname matching (Liz=Beth)
use Lingua::EN::Nickname; # Equivalent first names? $score= nickname_eq( $firstn_0, $firstn_1 ); # Full, expanded, name(s) @roots= nickroot( $firstn );
Nicknames, alternate spellings, and alternate etymological derivations make checking first name equivalence nearly impossible. This module will tell you that 'Maggie', 'Peg', and 'Margaret' are all probably the same name.
USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html
TNGenWeb Project http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.htm
Chesnut Family Pages http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/nicknams.htm
Ultimate Family Tree http://www.uftree.com/UFT/HowTos/SettingOut/nickname1.html
Hire a team of experts to provide a more scientific, statistically accurate Name Etymology source file.
Create more phoenetically-based sub-regexes.
Detect simple monosyllabic truncation nicknames, be less certain about them, but match more.
Pay more attention to gender.
https://github.com/brianary/Lingua-EN-Nickname
Brian Lalonde, <brian@webcoder.info>
perl(1)
To install Lingua::EN::Nickname, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Lingua::EN::Nickname
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Lingua::EN::Nickname
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.