README-CSV.md

ChineseNames (CSV Data Files)

Description

ChineseNames is an R package published on CRAN (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ChineseNames). To use the datasets of this package, it is highly recommended to use R software, normally within its IDE RStudio, and install this package.

## Install from CRAN
install.packages("ChineseNames")

## Load to environment
library(ChineseNames)

## See R documentation
?ChineseNames
?compute_name_index

In the data-csv subfolder of its GitHub repository, I also provide CSV-format data files for people who do not use R. These datasets are identical to the R datasets embedded in the ChineseNames package with the same names (i.e., familyname, givenname, population, top1000name.prov, top100name.year, top50char.year).

For detailed description, see README.md (and the R documentation of each dataset).

If you are about to use or share these datasets, please strictly follow the GPL-3 License and the CC BY-NC-SA License.

• BY: Cite this R package (see below).
• NC: Use ONLY for non-commercial purposes.
• SA: Share in an identical way.

Citation

• Bao, H.-W.-S. (2023). ChineseNames: Chinese Name Database 1930-2008. R package version 2023.8. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ChineseNames
• Bao, H.-W.-S., Cai, H., Jing, Y., & Wang, J. (2021). Novel evidence for the increasing prevalence of unique names in China: A reply to Ogihara. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 731244. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.731244

Supplementary Information

An example of the usage based on this name database can be found in:

• What can we tell from the evolution of Han Chinese names? - by Isabella Chua (March 12, 2021)