Name synthesis options

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.

Synthesis options for name values

Differentiating source values by case

To treat the same name with different casing as different source values, check Is 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

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.