Generate random names in sql

Question

I have 5 random names each for male and female. I need to insert random names based on the gender. But how can we insert names in random from a set of 5 names in SQL. Is it

Answer 1

Create a function

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[getRandomName](@gen varchar(10))
RETURNS @name varchar(50)

AS
BEGIN

   SELECT TOP 1 @name = name FROM table WHERE gender=@gen ORDER BY newid()
END

Then, just pass @gen to the function like this

select dbo.getRandomName('male')

Or, update many rows like this:

UPDATE myNewTable 
   SET newName=dbo.getRandomName('male')
WHERE gender='male'