Function to get gender in spanish based on a name

getGender.py

def getGender(name):
    name = name.strip()
    name_tmp = name.split(" ")
    name = name_tmp[0]
    name = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]','',name)
    
    #EXCEPTIONAL NAMES GOES HERE
    other_female_names = ["clau","pame","flo","stephanie","penelope","pau","liz","solsito","ximme","xime","magali","mabel","maylen","deborah","pame","flo","nicole","jime","pao","mar","angie","karol","janet","pau","fioree","fiore","flor","yante","lau","laau","lau","roo","guadalupe","pilar","valen","ro","caro","caritto","maaite","maite","jazmin","irene","isabel","karen","mercedes","paz","marisol","ayelen","soledad","martu","maru","maruu","elizabeth","jennifer","mily","karem","nicol","sol","rocio","belen","luu","lu","vane","yazmin","carito","lizzette","celeste","vale","miriam","mirian","selene","abril","milagros","belu","nanu","anahi","carmen","giselle","margot","maite","matilde","ines"]
    try:
        if name.lower()[-1]=="a" or name.lower()[-1].lower()=="i" or name.lower()[-1].lower()=="y" or name.lower() in other_female_names:
            return "F"
        else:
            return "M"
    except:
        return "M"