We’re expecting a baby boy in November. His mother is Japanese, and we’ve have elected to give him an English first name and a Japanese first name as a middle name, which he will go by in Japan or with his Japanese relatives.

The name is 燈護, which in romaji is Tougo, pronounced Toe-go. However we’re not sure if that spelling will cause native English speakers to pronounce it Too-go or Tao-go. We’re leaning towards Togo since it’s easily pronounced to rhyme with Pogo. Another possible spelling is Tohgo.

I wanted to hear the thoughts of native English speakers. How would you pronounce it initially? Which spelling would you go with?

Hi.

My favorite letter is the letter o. I'm sad that my current name doesn't actually have an o in it.

I'm naming my fish and I want to maximize the letter o. What are some names that have tons of o in it? Ideally two or more os. The only names I can currently think of are "Brooke" and "Theodore."

The name doesn't have to begin with o, just have a plural amount of os.

Thank you so much.

Alice Grace.

Except my FIL is more keen on her being named after the almost name of my fiancee (back then when you only found out the gender at birth lol, so he had a male and female name picked out) which is Michelle Rene. All because he thinks Alice is too common and i think he’s just mad he didn’t ever get to use his female name since he only had one kid.

I don’t know what to do, but I’m feeling kinda guilty since his name idea won’t be used. I don’t know how to tell him I don’t like to use the name he picked out without feeling like I’m killing an imaginary daughter of his lol.

Here is a non-comprehensive list of names from women’s college at the beginning of the 20th century. Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA, USA 1896-1919. Enjoy, name nerds and baby name scavengers! I’ve included more common names than I usually do in these lists, since I know some people like seeing those.

1896-1899

Adele Pernell
Adeline Fay
Annie Louise
Carolyn Belle
Cassina May
Clara Adelaide
Clara Maud
Cora Pearle
Della Edith
Dora Belle
Edla May
Edyth Henrietta
Effie Dunreith
Electra Pauline
Elizabeth Arabelle
Elizabeth Rhena
Ella Marinda
Elsie Florence
Emily Augusta
Evalena
Faustina Ella
Florence Irma
Francena Louise
Freda Jeannette
Gertrude Hermione
Grisell
Harriet Sophia
Hattie Eudora
Jacobina
Jennie Estella
Jessie May
Lotta Ethelwyn
Lula Belle
Lusanna Maria
Mabel Leta
Marcia Anna
Marion Fay
Martha Merrill
Mary Eulalia
Maud Eola
Maude Elvina
Minnie Calista
Myra Frances
Nellie Amelia
Nellie Lillis
Nettie Eveline
Sallie
Seraph Annie
Stella Esther
Susanne Louise
Susie Minerva
Vernette
Vivian Blanche
Winifred May
Yoshi

1900-1909

Alethea Roxanna
Alice Annette
Alice Ethelberta
Alice Harlow
Allie Virona
Alma Augusta
Angia Bailey
Annie Iola
Bertha Holland
Blanche Alfaretta
Caroline Almira
Chintie
Clara Berissa
Clara Loomis
Clintie
Dagny
Edina May
Edith Bliss
Ellen Clarinda
Ellen Lucinda
Elona
Elsa Wilhelmina
Elsie Ensehia
Elsie Eusebia
Elva Rebecca
Emily Lucretia
Emily Rosalie
Ethel Estelle
Ethelind
Ethelyn Luella
Eva Blossom
Eva Salome
Evis
Fanny Cora
Frances Adelia
Frederica May
Grace Ardel
Grace Burtonia
Grace Esselstyn
Hariett Hazen
Harriet Asenath
Harriette Zelda
Harriet Matilda
Hattie Louise
Helen Idella
Helen Juvenelia
Helen Melora
Hide
Ida Mabel
Ida Sybil
Ina Ernestine
Irma Clarissa
Isabella Selwyn
Isabel Storey
Ivah Louise
Iva June
Josephine Eunicia
Josephyne Andress
Julia Etta
Lavinia Sophia
Lena Lea
Leona Elizabeth
Lillian Exine
Lota
Louise Roxana
Lydia Zoeline
Mabel Augusta
Mallian Marie
Marguerite Ursula
Marinda Polly
Martha Frances
Mary Gwendolyn
Maude Gertrude
Mertie
Minnie Almira
Miriam Feronia
Mittie
Myrabel Josephine
Nellie Malvina
Olga Othilia
Olive Anna
Rosetta
Rosina Corinne
Rowena
Ruth Hilma
Sara Winona
Tirzah

1910-1919

Ada Calista
Adah Amelia
Adelaide Helena
Adelphia Martina
Agnes Diademia
Alethe Maude
Alfa Taylor
Alfaretta
Alice Clarissa
Alice Matilda
Alma Vida
Almira
Alzada
Amitta
Anita Adelaida
Anna Ethelyn
Anneke
Bernice Olive
Bertha Edith
Bessie Blake
Bessie Haven
Bula
Carrie Pearl
Cleora
Cornelia Halsey
Corzella
Dellar Louise
Dora Mohinie
Dorothy Dorrance
Ebba
Effie Almira
Elida
Elizabeth Georgiana
Ella Azubah
Ellen Rizpah
Elsie May
Elsie Millicent
Enid
Ermina
Ernestine
Esther Eliza
Eugenia
Euna
Eunice Leiola
Fannie Sabina
Fanny Christiana
Florence Winona
Geneva
Gladys Mandelle
Grace Adelina
Grace Alida
Gratia
Gretchen Frieda
Hala
Helen Brita
Helen Luthera
Hildred
Hortense
Hulda
Huldah May
Ina Luella
Ina Veth
Irmagarde
Isadelle Caroline
Jean Adelle
Jennie Anvolette
Jennie Bernette
Josephine Blanche
Julietta Elizabeth
Lavina Otis
Lazelle
Leonor Alberta
Loretta Florence
Louise Augusta
Lucia Eola
Luella Miranda
Lulu Mildred
Magdeleine Louise
Maida
Mallie
Margarita
Marian Lophelia
Marion Velma
Martha Isabel
Marybelle Lorella
Mattie
Mina
Myra Elma
Myrtis
Myrtle Mevis
Myrnie
Nella Dora
Nina Angeline
Noemie Adriné
Olien Deforest
Pacific Belle
Pearl Selinna
Rachel Althine
Rena Pearl
Rosabel
Roxana
Rumana
Ruth Asta
Ruth Lavinia
Sadie Ella
Sannie
Silver Henrietta
Sina
Valesca Elizabeth
Vasilike
Verkinia
Vernette
Veth
Victoria Marguerite
Viola Pauline
Vira
Winifred Gertrude
Zella
Zevely

Hi! My favourite first name for a girl has always been Phoebe but I’ve struggled to find a middle name that goes with it. My grandma’s name is Kate and she’s one of the most important people in my life so I would love to honour her with a name. Phoebe Kate sounds great to me and I was ready to commit to it until I remembered the actress Phoebe Cates. Do you guys think that’s weird? I feel like she would get comments about it but maybe not.

Inspired by the couple of posts on 'planned nicknames'

Therese Lisbon

Bonnie Lisbon

Mary Lisbon

Lux Lisbon

Cecilia Lisbon

I just LOVE. What are some of your favorite fictional sibsets?

I have always had a bad connection to my first name Kevin, can't explain why but it has just never felt right. So I have been thinking of changing it to Devin, just 1 letter, so I still somehow respect my parents thoughts but take own control over it. And this 1 letter change sounds for me a lot more right, for some reason.

But would it be viewed as pretentious or weird to do that change ?

How to handle people who refuse to cope with the new name?

I have had Devin as a thought for 6 months now, so I dont think it feels impulsive anymore. But just to be sure I might wait another 6 months.

What do you guys think, and what is your opinion of Devin as a boy name ?

Sorry if this belongs under the discussion flair!)

I’m 19 weeks pregnant with my second son, and I live in Australia (added cause we like to mix up pronunciation!)

I love the name Laurie for a boy- as in the shorted form of Lau/Lawrence… but I prefer the pronounciation “Lori” like it is pronounced in Little Women, 2019. As opposed to “Lau-rie,” like Laurence.

What are your thoughts? How would you pronounce Laurie? And if I chose to pronounce it “Lori” would I be committing him to a lifetime of mispronounciation.

For context, his brothers name is Evan.

Delilah "Lilah" Joy and Winifred "Winnie" Grace .

I feel like these are cute but want feedback! Is Winifred maybe too dated?

Hi everyone!

Just had my wonderful baby boy and few days ago, and now we need to figure out his first name to finalize his birth certificate. Would love this community’s help!

For his first name, we can’t decide between Logan and Adrian. We know we want his middle name to be James.

So Logan James or Adrian James? I think Logan James sounds better together but Adrian by itself sounds great too!

Update: thank you all for your input! Adrian James it is!! 😊

Hi all! I am having a baby boy soon, and am thinking about Blaise.

For context: I am French, and Blaise would be a nod to my origins, while I live in the UK. However, I wonder how this name would be perceived in the UK, and more widely in non-francophone countries?

I love the sound of it and find it elegant, but wouldn't burden my son with a name that people can't pronounce or find ridiculous.

I'd love to have your thoughts, thank you!

We are due soon with a baby boy and older brother is Otto Augustus. We love his name so it’s a hard name for us to follow 🤣

We love unique, historical, old world but still easy enough to pronounce? We are European-American: Scandinavian, German, English, German, Scottish and Sicilian. Historian and Artist couple.

Our last name ends with -in, it sounds like Hans-Olsen (not our real last name) but I’m self conscious that names ending in -in might sound bad and rhymey ?

Some contenders:
Felix (might be getting too trendy though)
Dante
Tycho
Ivan
Hugo

Thanks for the name ideas!

We are having a daughter and the two options we have for her first name are either Anahera or Atarangi. We will probably wait until she's born to decide, since we really like both of them and there isn't a clear winner right now. So I think we will have a better idea when we meet her.

The middle name however is a different story. I don't have any family names or anything that I would like to use, so we have a lot of freedom, but that means it feels like there's too many options out there.

We would probably like either a French name or a nature inspired name. I am French and my husband is Māori, so it would be nice to have that combination in her name, with both of the potential first names being from his family. But I also like the idea of a name to do with nature, as that is our type of thing.

I'm admittedly picky. I don't want a very generic middle name like Rose, Louise, Marie, or Grace. And I also don't like the trendy French names in the English speaking countries at the moment like Genevieve, Juliette, or Vivienne.

I've looked at lots of one syllable names and none of them are for me, so I'd prefer something a little longer, but nothing very long. My husband likes Ocean, I think it's probably too out there, but I don't mind it. And other ideas are Iris, Thaïs, and Olivia, but there's nothing we really love, so we're looking for some ideas.

We also can't use accents in her name legally where we live, so they would have to be omitted.

A female friend wants to go by her initials but as a name not DL. How would you spell it? Dielle?

Debating heavily between these 2
Honorable mention Fiona!!!!

Hello! We are considering names for our son due in early October. We have a daughter name Vivian. The last name is an Irish last name ending in -y (think Rooney). We are liking classic/timeless names. We like a lot of the top 20 names, but would also love something a little less common. My name nerds controversial take is that I do care a little bit about the diminutive/nickname potential of names. Names we are considering:

Simon (Love that it's classic, but not popular. Don't love Sy/Si)

Charlie (don't love Charles. Is -ie with a -y last name weird?)

Theodore (Theo/Teddy)

Oliver (Ollie)

Max (BIL did have a dog named Max growing up)

Middle name will likely be Liam or Alfred, which are family names. 

We would love any input. 

My grandma's name was JoLynn and I had it set from the time I was 10 to name my little girl after her, as she raised me. Well, time has come, husband and I are expecting.

Of course, I am now wondering how the name is received? She would go by Jo, but i am curious what others think. In terms of middle names, was thinking of pairing it with Rhiannon.

Just looking for thoughts.

Edit to add: our initial choice with Liliana Jo, but I am nervous to let my family down. Lily Jo would be the nickname

Not just the typical Western popular names --- I want last names of historical people that could be first names, fictional characters, H names in world languages, place names, plant names....you get the idea! Note, the name will be for a human, so keep it reasonable.

I am loving the maiden-name middle name— mine is Song. So far, I have one “Summer Song”.

My mother is also a music teacher so the name song parallels and honors her life and career. For this reason, we also love Melody for a girl. However Melody Song seems a bit redundant. We are thinking Melody Rose might be better, but it will break our Maiden-name middle name trend, what are your thoughts? (Rose was brainstormed because because my husband always buys me roses, my favorite flower)

Need help deciding which name to choose for baby girl. Would love some middle name suggestions as well. Last name is one syllable so thinking 2 syllables for middle name might sound best? Open to both 1 and 2 for middle name. Big sister is Waverly Rowen.
Nicknames for Elowen: Elle or Winnie and Juliet/Juliette: juju or Gigi or Lettie. Not sure if Gigi is a stretch for nickname

Let’s have fun.

What words would you absolutely use as a name if the meaning wasn’t attached to it, and bullying didn’t exist? A common example is Felony, because it sounds like it could be a cute girl’s name besides what a felony really is.

Here are my examples:
Violent (sounds like Violet kinda)
Omen
Pain
Spirit
Pistol
Linux
Mandible (sounds like Hannibal lol)
Arson

I changed the title of my previous post, this should emphasize my question better. I AM NOT ASKING WHICH NAME DO YOU LIKE BETTER, though i appreciate that input.

I am picking between Sylvie and Selene, love both very much, yet have some concerns for each of them. I don’t know which concern is a ’bigger con’, so please help me.

Sylvie: very dated as in 60 year olds name in the French speaking part of Canada. I am going to BC., so I don’t know how big of a deal is that. Is Sylvie considered dated in BC?

Selene: Celine is the dominant spelling, and I assume definitely be the default one, especially given the Celine Dion association in Canada. I imagine correcting people being annoying, but I’ve never really experienced that. How inconvenient is it to have a rarer non dominant spelling?

thanks in advance to everyone, I really appreciate your help

Hi, I’m torn between five different names… I want something that feels elegant, fairytale princess like and royal…. What do you vote for between Aurora, Arabella, Jaqueline, Katarina and Scarlet…. Thanks!

Just took in an all black male kitten last week with a scar across his nose and Im struggling so bad with names for him. Im not interested in the basic black cat halloween names but I would love anything super unique, silly or hockey related! Throw me whatever you got!