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Behind the Name Scraper

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Scrape name data from behindthename.com including name meanings, cultural origins, and gender classifications for masculine, feminine, and unisex names

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Pay per event

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BowTiedRaccoon

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Categories

Education

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What is the intended usage of this data?

sp_intended_usage

Optional

What will this data feed? E.g. lead lists, KYB checks, price tracking.

Type:string

Min. length:1

How can we improve this crawler for you?

sp_improvement_suggestions

Optional

Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements.

Type:string

Min. length:1

Contact email (optional)

sp_contact

Optional

We'll personally help with your use case. No spam.

Type:string

Min. length:1

Resume cursor (continue a previous run)

resumeCursor

Optional

Leave empty for a fresh crawl. To CONTINUE a previous run where it stopped — without paying again for records you already received — paste the resumeCursor value from that run's Output (the run's OUTPUT key). Resume promptly: the previous run's data expires with your account's retention window (free tier: your ~10 most recent runs).

Type:string

Genders to Scrape

genders

Optional

Which gender categories to scrape. Defaults to all three if left empty.

Type:string[]

Default:

[
  "masculine",
  "feminine",
  "unisex"
]

Max Items

maxItems

Optional

Maximum total number of names to scrape across all selected genders. Set to 0 for no limit.

Type:integer

Default:0

Max Pages Per Gender

maxPagesPerGender

Optional

Maximum number of listing pages to crawl per gender category (each page has ~20 names). Default is 100.

Type:integer

Default:100

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