diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index cfd661d67..8ba503df1 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   },
   "rules": {
     "no-cond-assign": 2,
-    "no-var": 1,
+    "no-var": 0,
     "prefer-const": 0,
     "no-extra-parens": 1,
     "no-dupe-keys": 2,
diff --git a/src/result/subset/people/guessGender.js b/src/result/subset/people/guessGender.js
index c154bb4a3..b1fce32dd 100644
--- a/src/result/subset/people/guessGender.js
+++ b/src/result/subset/people/guessGender.js
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 'use strict';
-const log = require('../../paths').log
-  // make a statistical assumption about the gender of the person based on their given name
-  // used for pronoun resolution only.
-  // not intended for classification, or discrimination of people.
+const log = require('../../paths').log;
+// make a statistical assumption about the gender of the person based on their given name
+// used for pronoun resolution only.
+// not intended for classification, or discrimination of people.
 const gender = function (firstName) {
   if (!firstName) {
     return null;
   }
   //statistical guesses
   if (firstName.match(/.(i|ee|[a|e]y|a)$/i)) { //this is almost-always true
-    log.tell('Female-name suffix')
+    log.tell('Female-name suffix');
     return 'Female';
   }
   if (firstName.match(/[ou]$/i)) { //if it ends in a 'oh or uh', male
-    log.tell('Male-name suffix')
+    log.tell('Male-name suffix');
     return 'Male';
   }
   if (firstName.match(/(nn|ll|tt)/i)) { //if it has double-consonants, female
-    log.tell('Female-name consonant-doubling')
+    log.tell('Female-name consonant-doubling');
     return 'Female';
   }
   // name not recognized, or recognized as of indeterminate gender
diff --git a/src/result/subset/people/person.js b/src/result/subset/people/person.js
index 35709ebda..76e5de472 100644
--- a/src/result/subset/people/person.js
+++ b/src/result/subset/people/person.js
@@ -23,12 +23,10 @@ class Person extends Terms {
     this.honorifics = this.match('#Honorific');
     this.lastName = this.match('#LastName+');
     //assume first-last
-    if (!this.firstName && this.length === 2) {
+    if (!this.firstName.found && this.length > 1) {
       let m = this.not('(#Acronym|#Honorific)');
       this.firstName = m.first();
       this.lastName = m.last();
-    } else {
-      // this.lastName = this.match('#Person').list[0];
     }
     return this;
   }
@@ -52,10 +50,12 @@ class Person extends Terms {
       return 'Female';
     }
     //look-for regex clues
-    return guessGender(this.firstName.out('normal'));
+    let str = this.firstName.out('normal');
+    return guessGender(str);
   }
   pronoun() {
-    let g = this.guessGender();
+    let str = this.firstName.out('normal');
+    let g = this.guessGender(str);
     if (g === 'Male') {
       return 'he';
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/subset/person/person.test.js b/test/unit/subset/person/person.test.js
index fc70428fb..bcb0fb6a2 100644
--- a/test/unit/subset/person/person.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/subset/person/person.test.js
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ var tests = {
   'Donald Trump': 'Male',
   'Rick Warren': 'Male',
   'Denzel Washington': 'Male',
+  'Sardinia F Jones': 'Female',
   'Andrew Lloyd Webber': 'Male',
   'Michelle Wie': 'Female',
   'Serena Williams': 'Female',
@@ -143,7 +144,6 @@ var tests = {
   'Michelle Obama': 'Female',
   'Ashton Kutcher': 'Male',
   'Cardinal Wolsey': 'Male',
-  // 'Fulgencia Batista': 'Male',
   'Slobodan Milosevic': 'Male',
   'Renee Zellweger ': 'Female',
   'Whitney Houston ': 'Female',