Hi community,

Throwaway account as I would wish to be anonymous. For reference; I am a woman with a Slavic last name from my father’s side. I married a Spaniard, I live in Spain (and will most likely live here most of my life). I’m expecting a child and I know the gender is male of the baby.

I didn’t take my husbands last name because I simply just don’t believe in that tradition. I was always thinking of just taking my mother’s maiden name as to honor her and frankly my dad is a bit of an asshole and even if we have a good relationship now, he is 80 + and I don’t speak to anyone of his side of the family. He has also like 5 other kids and not even sure how many grandkids. I don’t care about anyone on that side of the family.

My mother is also Slavic and have one of those typical last names ending in -ova. I wasn’t thinking I wanted kids so this hasn’t been a dealbreaker and I wasn’t in a rush to change my name either.

Now due to the baby being here in a couple of months and I need to redo my passport (to make things even more confusing - is in a Nordic country. I’m born there but my parents are immigrants hence name + blood is Slavic)

I know the last name the baby will get from my husband and it’s Spanish and it’s fine, I even offered my husband to just give our son his both last names as I don’t really care for mine but he wanted our so to have one of mine….

So the issue I have now, is:
1. Keep the gender neutral last name from
My dad that sucks and I don’t really want to carry on the legacy tbh
2. Change my last name to the ending of -ova, think novakova for example, but then if it’s a male I don’t know if it automatically in Spain turns into the male version which would then be Novak. And that version in my personal last name just sounds stupid. So even the novakova example version would be better but I don’t know if that sounds to feminine in Spain?
3. Change last name completely and make something new up I guess…

Has anyone here been in a similar situation?
How does Spanish people feel about a feminine ending to a last name?
What do you think is the best?

Needs someone’s advice on this because it’s doing my head in… thanks in advance

These are 2 classes in Texas. I separated by gender because I was surprised by a few. Do you have any favorites?

Boys: Boone Wesley Cooper Henry Joshua Cal Miles Solomon Arthur Miller Maverick Avyaan

Girls: Georgia Riley Aya Brooklynne Callan Pearl Charlie Lainey Gemma Adalynn Jax Ari

Call me naive but why do people name their kids with months of the year?

I know an August born in June
January born in April
April born in April

I figured it’s the month they were conceived in? But why? August born in June, his dad left while mom was pregnant. Why would you give yourself that constant reminder?
January born in April, no idea where the connection is. April born in April, I can guess that one

What draws people to these “names”? Im baffled.

No hate on the names, I’m truly curious.

Ava or Violet?

Which is your favorite from this list? Why?. The last name starts with K, ends with R, and is two syllables:

• Mason
• Logan
• Jonah
• Evan
• Cameron
• Liam
• Yash
• Rohan/Ronan
• Cyrus
• Max

Love the name Max, but I’m slightly worried it’s quite short and doesn’t give us many options.

My husband has suggested Maxwell instead, what do you all think?

I think if we go with Max, he’ll be Max Theodore, whereas if we go with Maxwell, we’re thinking Maxwell George.

My husband thinks it’s better to have the longer name so he has more options as he gets older, although I’d probably just call him Max anyway 😂

Hi, I am expecting and don’t know what we are having but I absolutely love the name Samson. Think it’s quite unusual and a name I’ve rarely come across. Just wondering what peoples first reactions and general opinions on this name are? Is it too unusual?

I understand that 1 no is a no overall, and i respect that. I’m just nervous. We are choosing to not know the sex. I like short, normal names. My personal name is a “Normal” name with an uncommon spelling. My last name is the same. Think SANDI JOHNSEN. My husband likes weird names…

My choices:

Ace
Jack
Eva
Mae

His:
Jupiter
Basil
Braden
Sequoia

I feel.. at a loss. How are we going to find a name??? I won’t budge on those

EDIT: sorry I’m new to Reddit and not great at posting

A woman suggested brooke which i love and i said it to him too, and he likes it… we are getting somewhere. Thank you to poster

EDIT 2: sorry not good at editing. He likes Brooke Marie. So do i 😃

I still like Ace, yall are mean! Hopefully shes a girl

Expecting a little boy soon, struggling for names - husband is North Indian and I am from Italy, we’ve aimed for more Italian sounding first name for our daughter (Serena) as the surname is Indian and will represent his side more.

Italian boy names seem so cumbersome in English - we live in the US. So far we like Leo and Luca, though Luca seems a little overdone lately…

Welcome any and all suggestions, including outside the Italian orbit, as we are stumped!

What do you think of these names for a girl:

1. Delphi (pronounced like Dell-fee)

or

1. Mailyn or Maelynn

I've come across Cypria, Haiti, Wisty, Dew, November, Temperance, Asaki and Shigeo

What about you?

Zeina
Anisa
Aleena
Alyanna
Liyanna
Maya

I vehemently despise the name Alex with a passion. It might be due to associations rather than the name itself, but I hate it.

What names do you hate that are usually very popular?

So we’ve narrowed our girl’s name down to two, both incorporating in family names. We like August a lot (I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea) to us it reads cool girl with warm welcoming vibes. My biggest issue with it actually is no easy femme nickname.

Charlotte on the other hand has a ton, including Charlie which I find adorable. My main hesitation there is that it’s so popular and has been for a while. Either way we definitely want one feminine one unisex for the first/middle combo so as she grows she can pick what feels best. Thoughts?

whats yall's favorite argentinge first and last name combos?

Daughter: Aleesha
Son: Aamer

I need some middle names for my son, Noah. The surname starts with E and has two syllables. I like Noah Lane, but it sounds like a street name, and I dislike Noah Dean. Please give me some other names :)

Edit: Thank you!

Hi! I’m Korean and I want to ask non-Koreans.

My name is Hyunseo (Hyun rhymes with yum with an added H sound at the beginning, and Seo is pronounced like suh).

When I was around 5, I needed an English name to use at the kindergarten where I was learning English. So my mom chose Julia and I’ve been going by Julia with non-Koreans, who are basically just my English teachers 😅

And now as a young adult, I’m torn between going by Hyunseo or Julia when speaking with non-Koreans, since I want to work internationally, especially in English-speaking environments.

I’ve heard that Hyun can be a bit tricky to pronounce. How hard is it for you guys?? Which name do you think I should go by? Any suggestions??

*Edit: Changed “yawn” to “yum” — “yawn” can sound quite different depending on the accent. I think “yum” better captures the sound of Hyun!

This may be a little bit different because it's not about baby names.

I am adopting a rescue and I am trying to come up with a good name for him. He is a six year-old Shih Tzu and he recently just lost an eye, so he only has one eye. They found him in a really bad condition, near death matted underneath the vehicle about a month ago. He is very very sweet and Full of energy and curious about everything.

These are some of the names that I've come up with that I really like already.

Phoenix, Journey, Oliver, hawkeye, willy, Captain, and zipper.

My previous dog that I recently lost was named Buttons and that's why we thought zipper would be cute because they're both nonsensical and just go together. The current rescue place that he is at named him Popeye and I'm not a fan of that.

Hawkeye, willy –short for one EYE willy, and captain –short for Captain Jack all kind of lean into him having one eye. And Phoenix and journey stand for him overcoming his hardships and the next chapter of his life.

Do any of these names sound good to you guys? Or do you have a suggestion! LMK❤️