diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/names/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/names/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b65bb463475b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/names/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+
+# pythonPackages
+, pytest
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "names";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "treyhunner";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0jfn11bl05k3qkqw0f4vi2i2lhllxdrbb1732qiisdy9fbvv8611";
+  };
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytest
+  ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pytest
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Generate random names";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/treyhunner/names";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      kamadorueda
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index c6212ec6fb24..6a15a82b43ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4196,6 +4196,8 @@ in {
 
   nameparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nameparser { };
 
+  names = callPackage ../development/python-modules/names { };
+
   nbconvert = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbconvert { };
 
   nbformat = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nbformat { };