gender_identifier.py

import random
import nltk
nltk.download('names')
from nltk import NaiveBayesClassifier
from nltk.classify import accuracy as nltk_accuracy
from nltk.corpus import names

# Extract last N letters from the input word
# and that will act as our "feature"
def extract_features(word, N=2):
    last_n_letters = word[-N:]
    return {'feature': last_n_letters.lower()}

if __name__=='__main__':
    # Create training data using labeled names available in NLTK
    male_list = [(name, 'male') for name in names.words('male.txt')]
    female_list = [(name, 'female') for name in names.words('female.txt')]
    data = (male_list + female_list)

    # Seed the random number generator
    random.seed(5)

    # Shuffle the data
    random.shuffle(data)

    # Create test data
    input_names = ['Alexander', 'Samantha', 'Robin', 'David']

    # Define the number of samples used for train and test
    num_train = int(0.8 * len(data))

    # Iterate through different lengths to compare the accuracy
    for i in range(1, 6):
        print('\nNumber of end letters:', i)
        features = [(extract_features(n, i), gender) for (n, gender) in data]
        train_data, test_data = features[:num_train], features[num_train:]
        classifier = NaiveBayesClassifier.train(train_data)

        # Compute the accuracy of the classifier 
        accuracy = round(100 * nltk_accuracy(classifier, test_data), 2)
        print('Accuracy = ' + str(accuracy) + '%')

        # Predict outputs for input names using the trained classifier model
        for name in input_names:
            print(name, 'is', classifier.classify(extract_features(name, i)))