Detect Gender in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald")

What this pulls

Predict likely gender by the row. =VERVE("genderdetector", A2) returns an AI gender guess down a whole column — Google Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

genderdetector.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("genderdetector", A2, "country")

Name

Country

Detected

Gender

John Mcdonald

TRUE

male

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Turn IDs into detail

Fill =VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald") down a column of identifiers and expand each into full, structured detail — no manual lookups.

Enrich a table in place

Add Detect Gender beside your existing rows to append the fields you were missing, right where the data lives.

Keep it current

Let auto-refresh re-resolve the column on a schedule so the enriched data never goes stale.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

country
The country code for the name (e.g., US)
=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald", "country", "US")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Data.name
=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald", "field", "data.name")
Data.country
=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald", "field", "data.country")
Data.detected
=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald", "field", "data.detected")
Data.gender
=VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald", "field", "data.gender")

Detect Gender, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Detect Gender into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Detect Gender cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Detect Gender at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("genderdetector", "John Mcdonald") down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Detect Gender work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Detect Gender is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Detect Gender is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Detect Gender

Turn IDs into detail

Enrich a table in place

Keep it current

Detect Gender, answered

Put Detect Gender in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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