Gemini isn't very creative regarding names. :)

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Just ask Gemini this:

I need a list of 100 female names. Make them as a single CSV line.

The result is this:

AALIYAH,AANYA,AARADHANA,AASHI,ABBY,ABIGAIL,ADA,ADALYN,ADDISON,ADELINE,ADITI,ADRIANA,AARYA,AFNAN,AFREEN,AHANA,AIDA,AILANI,AISHA,AISLING,AIYANA,ALANI,ALAIA,ALAYNA,ALEXA,ALEXANDRA,ALEXIA,ALICE,ALINA,ALISA,ALISHA,ALIYA,ALIYAH,ALLISON,ALYSSA,AMARA,AMAYA,AMELIA,AMINA,AMIRA,AMIYAH,AMRITHA,AMY,ANA,ANANYA,ANASTASIA,ANAYA,ANDREA,ANGEL,ANGELA,ANGELINA,ANIKA,ANISA,ANISHKA,ANNA,ANNABELLE,ANYA,APRIL,ARIANA,ARIEL,ARYA,ASHLEY,ATHENA,AUDREY,AURELIA,AURORA,AVA,AVERI,AVERY,BELLA,BETHANY,BIANCA,BODHI,BRIANNA,BRIELLE,BROOKE,BROOKLYN,BRYNN,CAMILA,CAROLINE,CATHERINE,CHLOE,CLAIRE,CLARA,DAISY,DAKOTA,DANIA,DANIELA,DANIELLE,DELILAH,DESTINY,DIANA,EDEN,ELARA,ELEANOR,ELENA,ELIANA,ELISA,ELISE,ELIZA,ELIZABETH,ELLA,ELLIE,ELOISE,ELODIE,ELSA,EMERSYN,EMILIA,EMILY,EMMA,ERIN,ESME,ESTHER,EVA,EVELYN,EVERLY,FAITH,FATIMA,FAYE,FELICITY,FINN,FIONA,FREYA,GABRIELLA,GABRIELLE,GEMMA,GENEVIEVE,GEORGIA,GIANNA,GRACE,HADLEY,HAILEY,HALLE,HANNAH,HARLEY,HARPER,HAYDEN,HAZEL,HEIDI,HELEN,HOPE,IMOGEN,IRENE,IRIS,ISABEL,ISABELLA,ISLA,IVY,JADE,JANE,JASMINE,JESSICA,JOCELYN,JOSEPHINE,JULIA,JULIANA,JULIET,JUNIPER,KAI,KAIA,KAITLYN,KALI,KAMILA,KAREN,KATE,KATHERINE,KATIE,KAYLA,KEIRA,KENDALL,KHADIJA,KHLOE,KIMBERLY,KYLIE,LAILA,LAURA,LAUREN,LAYLA,LEA,LEAH,LEILA,LEILANI,LILA,LILIANA,LILLIAN,LILY,LINA,LOLA,LONDON,LUCIA,LUCY,LUNA,LYDIA,LYLA,MACKENZIE,MADELINE,MADISON,MAEVE,MAGGIE,MAIA,MAISIE,MAKAYLA,MARIA,MARIAM,MARY,MAYA,MEGAN,MEHR,MIA,MILA,MILLIE,MOLLY,MORGAN,MYA,NAOMI,NATALIE,NATASHA,NICOLE,NINA,NIYAH,NORA,NORAH,NOUR,NOVA,OLIVIA,PAIGE,PARKER,PENELOPE,PHOEBE,PIPER,POPPY,QUINN,RACHEL,REAGAN,REBECCA,REMI,RILEY,ROSE,RUBY,RYLEE,SADIE,SAMANTHA,SARA,SARAH,SAVANNAH,SCARLETT,SELENA,SERENA,SIENNA,SKYLAR,SOFIA,SOPHIA,SOPHIE,STELLA,SUMMER,SYDNEY,TAYLOR,TEAGAN,TESSA,THEA,VICTORIA,VIOLET,VIVIAN,WILLOW,WREN,XIMENA,YARA,YASMINE,ZAHRA,ZARA,ZARIYAH,ZOE,ZOEY

Ask it again, and I get:

AALIYAH,AANYA,AARADHANA,AASHI,ABBY,ABIGAIL,ADA,ADALYN,ADDISON,ADELINE,ADITI,ADRIANA,AARYA,AFNAN,AFREEN,AHANA,AIDA,AILANI,AISHA,AISLING,AIYANA,ALANI,ALAIA,ALAYNA,ALEXA,ALEXANDRA,ALEXIA,ALICE,ALINA,ALISA,ALISHA,ALIYA,ALIYAH,ALLISON,ALYSSA,AMARA,AMAYA,AMELIA,AMINA,AMIRA,AMIYAH,AMRITHA,AMY,ANA,ANANYA,ANASTASIA,ANAYA,ANDREA,ANGEL,ANGELA,ANGELINA,ANIKA,ANISA,ANISHKA,ANNA,ANNABELLE,ANYA,APRIL,ARIANA,ARIEL,ARYA,ASHLEY,ATHENA,AUDREY,AURELIA,AURORA,AVA,AVERI,AVERY,BELLA,BETHANY,BIANCA,BODHI,BRIANNA,BRIELLE,BROOKE,BROOKLYN,BRYNN,CAMILA,CAROLINE,CATHERINE,CHLOE,CLAIRE,CLARA,DAISY,DAKOTA,DANIA,DANIELA,DANIELLE,DELILAH,DESTINY,DIANA,EDEN,ELARA,ELEANOR,ELENA,ELIANA,ELISA,ELISE,ELIZA,ELIZABETH,ELLA,ELLIE,ELOISE,ELODIE,ELSA,EMERSYN,EMILIA,EMILY,EMMA,ERIN,ESME,ESTHER,EVA,EVELYN,EVERLY,FAITH,FATIMA,FAYE,FELICITY,FINN,FIONA,FREYA,GABRIELLA,GABRIELLE,GEMMA,GENEVIEVE,GEORGIA,GIANNA,GRACE,HADLEY,HAILEY,HALLE,HANNAH,HARLEY,HARPER,HAYDEN,HAZEL,HEIDI,HELEN,HOPE,IMOGEN,IRENE,IRIS,ISABEL,ISABELLA,ISLA,IVY,JADE,JANE,JASMINE,JESSICA,JOCELYN,JOSEPHINE,JULIA,JULIANA,JULIET,JUNIPER,KAI,KAIA,KAITLYN,KALI,KAMILA,KAREN,KATE,KATHERINE,KATIE,KAYLA,KEIRA,KENDALL,KHADIJA,KHLOE,KIMBERLY,KYLIE,LAILA,LAURA,LAUREN,LAYLA,LEA,LEAH,LEILA,LEILANI,LILA,LILIANA,LILLIAN,LILY,LINA,LOLA,LONDON,LUCIA,LUCY,LUNA,LYDIA,LYLA,MACKENZIE,MADELINE,MADISON,MAEVE,MAGGIE,MAIA,MAISIE,MAKAYLA,MARIA,MARIAM,MARY,MAYA,MEGAN,MEHR,MIA,MILA,MILLIE,MOLLY,MORGAN,MYA,NAOMI,NATALIE,NATASHA,NICOLE,NINA,NIYAH,NORA,NORAH,NOUR,NOVA,OLIVIA,PAIGE,PARKER,PENELOPE,PHOEBE,PIPER,POPPY,QUINN,RACHEL,REAGAN,REBECCA,REMI,RILEY,ROSE,RUBY,RYLEE,SADIE,SAMANTHA,SARA,SARAH,SAVANNAH,SCARLETT,SELENA,SERENA,SIENNA,SKYLAR,SOFIA,SOPHIA,SOPHIE,STELLA,SUMMER,SYDNEY,TAYLOR,TEAGAN,TESSA,THEA,VICTORIA,VIOLET,VIVIAN,WILLOW,WREN,XIMENA,YARA,YASMINE,ZAHRA,ZARA,ZARIYAH,ZOE,ZOEY

And again:

ADALYN,ADDISON,ADELINE,ADITI,ADRIANA,AARYA,AFNAN,AFREEN,AHANA,AIDA,AILANI,AISHA,AISLING,AIYANA,ALANI,ALAIA,ALAYNA,ALEXA,ALEXANDRA,ALEXIA,ALICE,ALINA,ALISA,ALISHA,ALIYA,ALIYAH,ALLISON,ALYSSA,AMARA,AMAYA,AMELIA,AMINA,AMIRA,AMIYAH,AMRITHA,AMY,ANA,ANANYA,ANASTASIA,ANAYA,ANDREA,ANGEL,ANGELA,ANGELINA,ANIKA,ANISA,ANISHKA,ANNA,ANNABELLE,ANYA,APRIL,ARIANA,ARIEL,ARYA,ASHLEY,ATHENA,AUDREY,AURELIA,AURORA,AVA,AVERI,AVERY,BELLA,BETHANY,BIANCA,BODHI,BRIANNA,BRIELLE,BROOKE,BROOKLYN,BRYNN,CAMILA,CAROLINE,CATHERINE,CHLOE,CLAIRE,CLARA,DAISY,DAKOTA,DANIA,DANIELA,DANIELLE,DELILAH,DESTINY,DIANA,EDEN,ELARA,ELEANOR,ELENA,ELIANA,ELISA,ELISE,ELIZA,ELIZABETH,ELLA,ELLIE,ELOISE,ELODIE,ELSA,EMERSYN,EMILIA,EMILY,EMMA,ERIN,ESME,ESTHER,EVA,EVELYN,EVERLY,FAITH,FATIMA,FAYE,FELICITY,FINN,FIONA,FREYA,GABRIELLA,GABRIELLE,GEMMA,GENEVIEVE,GEORGIA,GIANNA,GRACE,HADLEY,HAILEY,HALLE,HANNAH,HARLEY,HARPER,HAYDEN,HAZEL,HEIDI,HELEN,HOPE,IMOGEN,IRENE,IRIS,ISABEL,ISABELLA,ISLA,IVY,JADE,JANE,JASMINE,JESSICA,JOCELYN,JOSEPHINE,JULIA,JULIANA,JULIET,JUNIPER,KAI,KAIA,KAITLYN,KALI,KAMILA,KAREN,KATE,KATHERINE,KATIE,KAYLA,KEIRA,KENDALL,KHADIJA,KHLOE,KIMBERLY,KYLIE,LAILA,LAURA,LAUREN,LAYLA,LEA,LEAH,LEILA,LEILANI,LILA,LILIANA,LILLIAN,LILY,LINA,LOLA,LONDON,LUCIA,LUCY,LUNA,LYDIA,LYLA,MACKENZIE,MADELINE,MADISON,MAEVE,MAGGIE,MAIA,MAISIE,MAKAYLA,MARIA,MARIAM,MARY,MAYA,MEGAN,MEHR,MIA,MILA,MILLIE,MOLLY,MORGAN,MYA,NAOMI,NATALIE,NATASHA,NICOLE,NINA,NIYAH,NORA,NORAH,NOUR,NOVA,OLIVIA,PAIGE,PARKER,PENELOPE,PHOEBE,PIPER,POPPY,QUINN,RACHEL,REAGAN,REBECCA,REMI,RILEY,ROSE,RUBY,RYLEE,SADIE,SAMANTHA,SARA,SARAH,SAVANNAH,SCARLETT,SELENA,SERENA,SIENNA,SKYLAR,SOFIA,SOPHIA,SOPHIE,STELLA,SUMMER,SYDNEY,TAYLOR,TEAGAN,TESSA,THEA,VICTORIA,VIOLET,VIVIAN,WILLOW,WREN,XIMENA,YARA,YASMINE,ZAHRA,ZARA,ZARIYAH,ZOE,ZOEY

So, what’s the problem? Well, there are a gazillion possible names, yet there’s a clear preference for specific names. So I asked Gemini to see which names it repeated. :slight_smile: And it said: The vast majority of the names were repeated in all three lists.

While it does what I asked for, it’s annoying. Why? Because I want to use Gemini to make stories and songs and I need names for characters in these. But Gemini seems to pick the same names over and over again, meaning that I don’t get a lot of unique names. I actually need to keep a list of previously-used names and tell Gemini to not use any of those.

This is a moment when I would like to see more randomness in the Gemini answers.

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Hi @Katje,

Thanks for sharing your feedback. To encourage more diverse outputs, you might try adjusting your prompt slightly like “Generate 100 unique and uncommon female names from around the world. Avoid popular English names and include some rare or cultural options. Ensure no names in the list are repeated” .

If you are using Gemini API, you could also raise the temperature setting to make the model more creative.That usually helps in increasing diversity in the results.

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True. But it repeats almost all names with every prompt. About 90% of all names in the three results are in all results.
I don’t want uncommon names, though. So now I tried this three times:

I need a list of 100 unique female names. Make them as a single CSV line.

It still generates names that have been used before:

Aaliyah, Abigail, Addison, Adeline, Alice, Amelia, Anna, Aria, Ariana, Aubrey, Audrey, Aurora, Autumn, Bella, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chloe, Claire, Clara, Cora, Delilah, Elena, Eliana, Ella, Ellie, Emery, Emilia, Eva, Evelyn, Gabriella, Genesis, Gianna, Grace, Hailey, Hannah, Harper, Hazel, Isla, Ivy, Josephine, Julia, Kaylee, Kennedy, Kinsley, Layla, Leah, Lillian, Lily, Lucy, Luna, Lydia, Madelyn, Madison, Maya, Naomi, Natalie, Nevaeh, Nora, Nova, Paisley, Penelope, Peyton, Quinn, Riley, Ruby, Sadie, Savannah, Scarlett, Serenity, Skylar, Sophie, Stella, Victoria, Violet, Willow, Zoe, Zoey

No name is repeated in each list, but each list reuses many of the names previously provided.

The problem is mostly that I want to use Gemini to generate stories, and sometimes it has to come up with names. But if it keeps repeating previously used names then I need to maintain a list of names that cannot be used again and provide these names to the prompt. This is okay if I’m dealing with just a dozen names or so, but this list will keep growing for a long time. And the prompts I make are already a bit long.