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Re:Show HN: An API for gender classification by ddeck on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @03:22AM (#7176159)
Definitely some odd results:

Michael = 52%, Thomas = 62% (although Tom = 98%)

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Re:Show HN: An API for gender classification by CatsoCatsoCatso on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @05:57AM (#7176672)
Yup.

'Eric' (which often becomes Erica for females) scored a 10% higher chance of being male than 'John' did (Eric = 66.854585% while John = 57.399103%).

What's also surprising is the dramatic change the Anglicizing of the name brings: 'Erik' = 91.939346% while 'Eric' = 66.854585%

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Re:Show HN: An API for gender classification by markcampbell on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @03:29AM (#7176167)
Thomassina is a woman's name, FWIW.
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Re:Show HN: An API for gender classification by yen223 on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @03:32AM (#7176177)
Thom is 99.999963% male though.
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Re:Show HN: An API for gender classification by VolatileVoid on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @03:42AM (#7176216)
I know a female Michael.
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