Name Data

By default, the project contains English-style and Spanish-style name suitable for the United States in src/main/resources/names.yaml file.

You can change those names, or add names for other languages. The languages people speak determines their name. The language they speak is determined by their ethnicity. If you want to add other languages, you'll need to modify the src/main/java/org/mitre/synthea/world/geographic/Demographics.java file. Specifically, these two functions:

public String ethnicityFromRace(String race, Person person) { ... }
public String languageFromEthnicity(String ethnicity, Person person) { ... }

Names File Format

language:
  M: [MaleName1,MaleName2,...,MaleNameN]
  F: [FemaleName1,FemaleName2,...,FemaleNameN]
  family: [Surname1,...,SurnameN]

street:
  type: [Street,Straat,Rue]
  secondary: [Apt]

Languages currently supported (but not necessarily defined):

english,spanish,french,french_creole,german,russian,portuguese,polish,greek,chinese,hindi,arabic