PowerShell Examples: Generating Random Names

$first = “Noah Sophia Liam Emma Jacob Olivia Mason Isabella William Ava Ethan Mia Michael Emily Alexander Abigail Jayden Madison Daniel Elizabeth”.Split(” “)
$last = “Smith Johnson Williams Brown Jones Miller Davis Garcia Rodriguez Wilson Martinez Anderson Taylor Thomas Hernandez Moore Martin Jackson Thompson White”.Split(” “)

Clear-Host
Write-Host “Random full name generator”
Write-Host

1..20 | foreach {
    $f = $first[ (Get-Random $first.count ) ]
    $m = [char] (65 + (Get-Random 26) )
    $l = $last[ (Get-Random $last.count) ]
    $full = $f+” “+$m+” “+$l
    Write-Host -NoNewline $full.PadRight(25)
    If ($_ % 2 -eq 0) {
        Write-Host “”
    }
}
 
#
# Sample output
#
# Random full name generator
#
# Emily B Miller           Olivia N Hernandez      
# Mia I Jones              Olivia W Miller         
# Noah M Williams          Daniel V Thomas         
# William Y Martin         Elizabeth A Thompson    
# Mia A Martinez           Abigail G Johnson       
# Ethan I Williams         Noah L Taylor           
# Madison K Rodriguez      Michael Z Smith         
# Mason B Thompson         William I Thomas        
# Mia U Smith              Emily R Taylor          
# Daniel Q Wilson          Elizabeth R Taylor      
#