The Ijaw and Kalabari Names Generator is a package designed to generate random Ijaw names along with their meanings. The Ijaw people are an ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, located in the South-South geopolitical zone of the country.
This package allows users to:
- Generate random Ijaw names.
- Retrieve the meaning of an Ijaw name.
- Check if a given Ijaw name exists.
To install the Ijaw-Names package, use npm:
use the command:
npm i ijaw-names
The package provides a function ijawNames(name)
, which accepts an optional parameter name
:
- If
name
is not provided or an empty string, the function returns a random Ijaw name along with its meaning. - If
name
is provided, the function checks if the name exists in the dataset and returnstrue
if it does, otherwisefalse
. - If
name
is provided along with accessing the.meaning
property, the function returns the meaning of the name if it exists, otherwisefalse
.
const ijawNames = require('ijaw-names-generator');
// Generate a random Ijaw name
console.log(ijawNames());
// Retrieve the meaning of a random Ijaw name
console.log(ijawNames().meaning);
// Retrieve a random Ijaw name
console.log(ijawNames().name);
// Check if a specific Ijaw name exists
console.log(ijawNames('Alawei').name);
// Returns the meaning of name provided or false if it doesn't exist
console.log(ijawNames('Alawei').meaning);
# Contributing
## Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements,please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on [GitHub](https://github.com/Tam-BobManuel/ijaw-names).
# License
## This package is licensed under the [GNU General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/).