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Subject:Re: What kind of names do you make up? From:Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:21:06 -0700
When populating a database with fake names, I tend to go for something arbitrary
- like the first entry has a last name starting with A, the second with B, etc.
I then make up a first name to go with it.
However one of the things I take care to do is make sure that the names reflect
a multicultural audience - there's a liberal sprinkling of Asian, Hispanic,
African, and Muslim names mixed in with the European names too.
