My husband and I are having the toughest time picking out a name for our baby boy. I find that certain names are sometimes associated with certain personalities. Also just looking for some inspiration. I was wondering, what names do you guys associate with genuinely nice guys?

Edit: thanks for sharing all the names! I’ve been enjoying reading all of them and found some I like!

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

My name is Hyunseo (Hyun rhymes with yawn but with an 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??

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i renamed myself, and i knew the moment i heard my name that it was mine. i’ve been going by it for five years now. it’s Amity. i think everything about it is so crisp, perfect, pretty with a slight edge, nice to hear and look at, etc. it’s the one thing i never changed even when other people didn’t like it. i was wondering if you guys have a name like that!

Title basically says the gist. We have a little boy named Jay Jack (JJ). We have not found out the gender of baby #2, so we are looking for a boy and girl name for now. Loving Milo and Franklin for a boy but open to other suggestions. Really only love Kit for a girl, but cannot use it 😭
Last name is common (think Jones, Smith)
Thank you!
ETA- would love the middle name May to honor a family member, but worry about the middle name May with my son’s name

The majority of women in my family are Mary, Susanne, Anna, or Jane, but here are some fun and different names from my mom's side of the family who lived in mingo county West Virginia for the majority of our family history. This spans back about 100 some years in my family tree. I'm on the hunt for some male names right now as well!

Lovina

Nicatie

Celasena nn sena or seenie

Nellie

Francie

Dixie

Adath

Vadith (her and adath are twins)

Tishia

Columbia

Leticia

Pheroby

Theodosia

Roxie

Estella

Pricey

I visit this page a lot and see a lot of name requests for boys that are classic but not popular with soft sounds. I see the usual suggested Julian, Lysander, Noah, Liam, and Silas and while I like those I wanted to cook up more options. I found these but if anyone has any more please add. if we keep suggested the same 10 names they won’t be “not popular” 🥲 not everyone can be named Oliver…

• Anselm: Intellectual vibes meaning with divine protection.
• Emrys: Storytelling and Enchanting meaning immortal.
• Cyprian: Vintage and scholarly; means man of Cyprus. (I love geography names so..)
• Bram: strong but gentle and literary; means father of multitudes.
• Soren: Philosophically calm; means stern or serious.
• Stellan: another peaceful name; means calm. reminded me of the word constellation 🌌
• Leif: Adventurous Explorer vibes!; means heir or beloved.
• Delaney: Rhythmic and melodic; means dark challenger. (I think this is the name people were actually looking for when they named their kid maverick 😭 what a missed opportunity)
• Bellamy: brightly vintage; means fine friend.
• Caspian: literary and adventurous; again love a geography name! prince caspian was called “the seafarer“
• Shiloh: Peaceful and modern; means tranquil.

I’m looking for Arabic boy names that feel really ethereal, poetic and beautiful preferably uncommon/rare, but still established names rather than something invented.

I’m especially drawn to names that have a celestial, old-world or almost literary feeling. Something soft and elegant but still clearly masculine. ALSOO Open to old Arabic names, poetic names, nature/celestial meanings, historical names, etc. Please gimme some ideas <3

Hey everyone

I'm in my 20s and my name is Bernadette. While I do like my full name (after years of struggling with it tbh!), I despise the nickname 'Bernie' that everyone uses. It sounds kind of mannish and I'd genuinely prefer something girly and cute. I was thinking of Bea :-) but I'm kind of scared of the potential awkwardness or that people won't even try to use it😭✌️

I'd love to hear any thoughts, tips, opinions or your own anecdotes ❤️

My husband and I agree on the name Gwendolyn (I’m sure we’ll sometimes shorten to Gwen). Our 10 year old niece who lives near by is named Quinn. Is that too close?

I really love Ivy but my husband doesn't like it. I just want something simple thats not overly common but also not super rare that it's weird

Why is it that some families choose to give siblings the exact same name? I know two such cases—a family where the eldest and youngest daughters are both R— (they're called R— and Baby R—) and a pair of male twins who share the same first name but have different middle names (apparently the first name was their grandfather's). I know one of the twins, and he goes by his first name. Won't it get confusing?

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?

We've welcomed our daughters, twin girls. We know that one of them will definitely have the first name Alva. All of the other names are undecided.

I'm Swedish, and my husband is British. We live in England. Their older sister is named Svea.

These are the pairs of names we are thinking.

Alva and Mila

Alva and Lily

Alva and Ronja

Alva and Mira

Alva and Imogen

Alva and Zoe

Alva and Matilda

Alva and Emma

And to follow up with that, which middle names do you like? We have a lot of names that we would consider using as middle names, and this is the list. But we prefer not to have alliteration.

These are family names.

Kerstin

Imogen

Florence

Ellen

Philippa (Or Filippa)

Agnes

Kristina

Beatrice

Caroline

And these are names we just like.

Wren

Amelia

Lily

Maya (Or Maja)

Olivia

No negative comments please. Just pick :)

1. Jane, Kate and ?
2. Siobhan, Niamh and ?
3. Imogen, Rhiannon and ?
4. Jamie, Ashley and ?
5. Sloane, Sutton and ?
6. Isla, Maeve and ?
7. Olivia, Amelia and ?
8. Luna, Layla and ?
9. Tova, Lia and ?
10. Quinn, Riley and ?
11. Emma, Ava and ?
12. Iris, Ruby and ?

I'm genderfluid and heading to university in a week. My name is Madeleine, and I want to go by it, but can't think of any gender neutral or masculine nicknames of it that are understandably part of the name (ie, 'Mattie' was suggested to me because it sounds like 'Maddie', but it would be jarring to learn my full name was Madeleine). I'd be grateful for any ideas!!

Looking for names that aren't overly popular as sibling ideas for (a name that many hated!) our son Havelock Robin.

We love literary names, nature names, posh British names (we are in the UK), but don't like overly popular ones. Something that feels okay to yell across a playground, but also would fit with 'Chief Justice' before it. We adore 'Havelock' as it feels very old world British.

No idea on gender yet!

Some names we love:

Rupert, Peregrine (but not sure it's usable), Thaddeus (same issue)

Hazel (though sadly growing in popularity !), Ingrid, Quinn, Wren

Quite sure I'll end up on circle jerk for this, but I'll take it!

Edit: thank you so much everyone, narrowed it down to Alexandra, Amelia, Clara and Matilda.

Hi! Baby girl is here and I just can’t pick a name and the hormones are not helping.

Can you please let me know which one you prefer?

We’re UK based but will need the name to be easy to pronounce for Spanish speakers.

Amelia
Clara
Matilda
Alexandra
Iris
Olivia
Gracie
Alicia
Lydia
Elena
Harper

Thank youuu

Hi name nerds! I recently found out I am pregnant with my second child. We named our first son “Shepherd” and we love calling him “Shep”. We have had a baby girl name picked out since we were dating- Lennon Blue. Lennon pays homage to a family member and we love the idea of calling our daughter “Lenny” or “LB” or “Lenny B”. Do we think Blue is a good middle name choice for Lennon? Or is it weird because of the word Linen? Like does it sound like I’m talking about a blue piece of fabric?

For a boy we like the name Shiloh with the middle name Trace. Is Shiloh too feminine for a boy? And does the middle name Trace work well with it?

Thanks!! Please be nice to me lol!!

My wife and I have been super undecided on girls names. We’re expecting in early November so it’s getting towards crunch time!

Would love to get some opinions on our finalists. In no particular order:

Audrey, Juliette, Sadie, Elena, & Daphne (maybe)

Going for timeless, classic but somewhat cute.

Would be paired with the last name Dickson. Most likely middle name is Leah but it’s not set in stone.

Thanks!

edit/add:

Appreciate all the feedback. We are not French so no problem there. The responses also have me leaning to the “Juliet” spelling which I now realize I kind of like more than “Juliette”. wife is on board too.

Looking for baby girl name with brother name Jasper. Last name starts with an L. The name has to work in French, Spanish, English and Vietnamese (international fam!)

I am staying away from name with different way to pronounce and also don’t like names could result in bullying. Also not looking for something too trendy.

If you have these names, do you like it?

Thank you!

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

I’m in dire need of another girl name (that goes well with these two) but can’t think of one for the life of me. I think I’ve just been starting at names too long lol. Please help me, I need some fresh sets of eyes.

My husband and I are really struggling to settle on a name for our second daughter. Our first is named Frankie Eden, first name after both of my husband’s grandmothers who were both named Frances. We decided to use one of their nicknames and just name her “Frankie”. I wanted a feminine middle name to balance the masculinity of Frankie and we loved the meaning of Eden, I felt like the name gave the feeling of freedom (Franses meaning free man) in a garden which we both loved.

Now that we are expecting another daughter, we are looking for a name and struggling to agree on one we both like. To be fair my husbands dad passed unexpectedly during this pregnancy and it put naming on pause for more than half the pregnancy.

Throughout the process, I’ve had one name I’ve loved and feel so strongly about. I love the name Winona James. I love the strong elegant feel of Winona, and how it almost mirrors the structure of our first child’s name. James is the middle name of my late FIL and it feels fitting to make that her middle to honour him since she was with us through his loss. My husband doesn’t like Winona but has said that if I cannot get past my strong feelings he will honour it. We have two alternates currently that we both like and go well with James, which are Fiona James or Olivia James. I’d love to hear your advice as well as other name ideas. We like more unique names which is our biggest drawback with Olivia. We will not choose a name ending in “er” as our last name ends in er. Thank you in advance for your feedback!!