This is a tool for generating names for characters with a wide variety.

You will need node and npm installed. Then do:

npm install -g nomina

Once you have installed nomina you can generate a name by simply running the following:

nomina

nomina --theme medieval

To see the available name types you can do nomina list

nomina --type female

You can specify a gender by setting either male or female (or for convenience m / f) or you can specify a city/town name by passing dominia.

const Nomina = require('nomina');
const nomina = new Nomina();

// specify options, none are required
const options = {
  theme: 'medieval',
  type: 'female',
};

// call the method
const result = nomina.generate(options);

// get all themes available
const themes = nomina.getThemes();

There are a couple of ways you can configure the themes that the tool uses:

The CLI checks for ~/.dnd/nomina/defaults.js before loading any other configuration. Simply add a file here while using the tool and you can customize the themes.

You can pass a "defaults" config directly to the class on initialization:

const Nomina = require('nomina');
const defaults = {
  themes: {
    myCustomTheme: {
      male: [],
      female: [],
      dominia: [],
    },
    myOtherCustomTheme: {
      male: [],
      female: [],
      dominia: [],
    },
  },
};

const nomina = new Nomina({ defaults });
const themes = nomina.getThemes(); // ['myCustomTheme', 'myOtherCustomTheme']

To develop nomina,

git clone https://github.com/opendnd/nomina.git
cd nomina/
npm install

If you'd like to contribute, please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are welcome!

Nomina use the Airbnb javascript style.

MIT