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# Name synthesis options

Before it synthesizes a name value, Textual always removes any leading or trailing punctuation, except for periods after initials.

For the Given Name and Family Name entity types, you can configure:

* Whether to treat the same name with different casing as a different value.
* Whether to replicate the gender of the original value.

<figure><img src="/files/YpaO4BB6h5JuIV1VFgmg" alt=""><figcaption><p>Synthesis options for name values</p></figcaption></figure>

## Differentiating source values by case <a href="#names-source-case" id="names-source-case"></a>

To treat the same name with different casing as different source values, check I**s Consistency Case Sensitive**.

For example, when this is checked, `john` and `John` are treated as different names, and can have different replacement values - `john` might be replaced with `michael`, and `John` might be replaced with `Stephen`.

When this is not checked, then john and John are treated as the same source value, and get the same replacement.

## Preserving gender in names <a href="#names-preserve-gender" id="names-preserve-gender"></a>

To replace source names with a names that have the same gender, check **Preserve Gender**.

For example, when this is checked, John might be replaced with Michael, since they are both traditionally male names. However, John would not be replaced with Mary, which is traditionally a female name.


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