Is there a free (or low cost) database of first and last names?

Question

I am looking for a reference database that can be used to test for possible name typos in a contact database. This is for a batch process, so performance isn't a real issue. Ideally I'd like a comprehensive database, but even something like "top 5000" would go a long way.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't know about a database, but populating one yourself from a resource such as this http://web.archive.org/web/20081218100813/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last should work fine :)