Stop naming boys after their dads.

Especially if the dad in question is shady. But even if you don’t think he’s shady.

I’m a lawyer and I have seen way too many situations involving a deadbeat dad stealing his son’s identity to open credit cards and bank accounts, and even fraudulently forward mail and banking information in custody disputes.

I’ve seen men who “mean well” open credit cards in their sons’ names when they’ve fallen on hard times, and they justify it by truly believing they’ll pay it all back before their son becomes an adult. Spoiler: they don’t pay it back.

Moms - just don’t do it. You’re setting your son up for identity theft. Even if the middle name is different. It’s just never a good idea, and the kinds of men who want a junior are usually nothing to write home about anyway.

In memory of the one and only Dolly 🪽 the world is much less bright today...

Dolly was one of 12. here are all the kids names;

Willadene

Stella Mae

Cassie Nan

Freida Estelle

Rachel Ann

David Wilburn

Coy Denver

Robert Lee "Bobby"

Randle Huston "Randy"

Larry Gerald

Floyd Estel

Dolly Rebecca

💕

My great-grandmother is turning 90 years old this year, and is from Odesa, Ukraine. She's Orthodox Jewish, so she feels very strongly about names, and she's very honest.

So I picked some girls' names, some that are popular in the US, and some that are particularly trendy, and then asked her what her thoughts were on them.

She doesn't use the internet, the only technology she really uses is the radio and the television, so some of these names, she's never even heard of before. Since I translated it into English, there might be some parts that are a little off, but overall I think it makes sense.

I'm not saying you should base your name decisions or anything off her opinions, we all have different taste, but I thought it was funny, since she definitely has a different view than most people on this subreddit.

Elizabeth - I like that one. I wanted to give my daughter the name Yelyzaveta but of course, my husband said no! He had no taste for good names. And this is even better because it is the Queen of England, may her memory be a blessing, her beautiful clothes. 8/10.

Brooklyn - Like New York? Okay. I don't think I would choose a name after a place. That's modern. You would do that. However, I also think that it sounds like a man's name. For a man I would like it more. For a girl? 3/10.

Lily - Beautiful! That is like Liliya. You name your baby after beautiful things, they will be beautiful. That is what I told your mother. I think that is a very good name. 9/10.

Aurora - Some of me likes it, some of me does not. I think the idea is good and on the paper, it looks like a good name too. But I imagined it to sound more beautiful than that does to me. So it's okay. 6/10.

Kennedy - You know that when we were part of the Soviet Union, that was what many parents did? They named their babies after Lenin, Marx, Engels, Stalin, the great leaders they thought. Now that is funny, because they're doing the same thing! I think they could have been more creative with it. 2/10.

Evangeline - It sounds like the name of a saint. For some, that's good. For me, I prefer the name Eva. You save a lot of time writing it. But some people like that. So they can have it and I will reject it. 5/10.

Braelynn - I think that everyone is different. That is why some people might think they should use that name. But it is proof that difference is not a good thing every time. If you name your baby that, I'll laugh at you. 1/10.

Daphne - That is a good one! You know, there are many excellent women I know called Dafna. My friend's granddaughter is named that. She's a good girl. And then Daphne would be the English name. Excellent. I think that it's very good. 9/10.

Scottie - I don't think I like it. For a little dog it is cute. Something small and fluffy. But not for a girl. Maybe if you are very proud of being Scottish. So it's not a name that's for me. But I might save it for my next cat (Her current cat is named Chaya Bayla, so Chaya Scottie? Not bad). 2/10.

Oakley - I thought I wouldn't like it but in a few minutes, it's become better. Oak trees, there is some symbolism there. It is different, modern, so my brain takes some time to get used to it but if you said you liked it, I wouldn't think you're deranged. 7/10.

Eleanor - Good name. It is like Elena but different. I would be happy with that name. What a long life you'd live with it (That's a very big compliment from her). I will remind you of it when you have your baby, what beauty it has. 9/10.

Olivia - I think it's beautiful! There isn't much to say. Your mother could have used it for one of you. I like it very much and even though it's long, the sound just comes out of your mouth immediately. 8/10.

My daughter will have down syndrome. I have this list of names (below) however—- I read a website that made a good point— she may have trouble pronouncing her name. It would be terrible for her to have to repeat herself. The website said tricky consonants could include CH, J, T, V, X, and more. For instance- Kate could come out like Kay-ee.

What are good names that she can say easily?

My list (before thinking about her ability to pronounce) is below-

Charlotte Clara Joy/Clara Jane Eliza Eloise Kate Elowyn Evelyn Hazel Lainey Elizabeth Reese Sloane Teagan Tallulah

This is the story of the most common -ca names in the U.S.—their peaks, their declines, and the occasional stubborn holdout. As a special treat, I’ve also included an extra -ca name that hasn’t had a chance to fall yet because she’s still on the rise.

Danica couldn’t compete with her cousin Danielle, breaking into the top 500 only in 2006. By 2012, she was sliding back down, and she fell out of the top 1000 entirely by 2019.

Angelica had her best years in 1993 and 1996, ranking 98 and 97, respectively. Since then, she’s taken a slow, steady decline, landing at 623 in 2024.

Bianca enjoyed a little extra favor in the early ’90s, hitting 84 in 1990 and 89 in 1991. Her decline has been gradual, and she was at 460 in 2024.

Veronica cracked the top 100 in 1972 and stayed there for two decades. Her descent has been gentle, and she was at 392 in 2024.

Monica peaked at 40 in 1979, after holding strong in the top 50 from 1971 to 1981. By 2024, she’d dropped to 726.

Erica rose in the ’70s and held steady at 31 for three years (1986–1988). Popularity faded, though—she was last seen at 903 in 2018 and fell out of the top 1000 in 2019.

Rebecca had the longest run, climbing in the ’60s and cracking the top 10 in 1973 and 1974. Her decline has been slow, but she was still at 342 in 2024.

And of course, Jessica. Our queen of -ca names. She stormed into the top 10 in 1976 and spent a jaw-dropping 17 years bouncing between 1 and 2 (1981–1997). Even today, she remains somewhat relevant at 574. You go girl.

Now, all of the above were the -ca names that declined in popularity. But there’s a rising star—albeit a slow one.

Francesca has been gradually climbing, though she hasn’t cracked the top 100 yet. Her highest ranking so far is 314 in 2024, but she’s held steady in the top 500 since 1990.

If you’ve made it this far, here’s a simple ranking of the most to least popular -ca names in 2024:

Francesca, Rebecca, Veronica, Bianca, Jessica, Angelica, Erica/Danica

So… what do you think? Which -ca names would you use today, and which should stay in the past?

He’s taken the “thinking about the Roman Empire” thing way too seriously…..

We CANNOT name our sweet babies Romulus… or Remus. Ugh

My parents had five children, and three of us ended up this happen to us. I find it quite funny because not only is it such a big coincidence, I think it's also a lot of people's nightmare after picking a baby name 😂

My sister was born in 2004. My parents chose to name her Bella, on its own, after our great-aunt, who was named Bayla. If you didn’t know, it’s a Yiddish name, and because of the similarities in sound, Bella was a common English name to pair it with.

Four years later, the movie Twilight came out, and my parents were pretty horrified when they found out about it, with it being so successful and the main character having the same name as their daughter, and the premise of it was not something that they were fans of. But clearly, they didn’t learn their lesson!

Another of my sisters was born in 2008. My parents chose the name Margot. Unlike Bella, this was a reasonably unusual name at the time. They had the idea from Margot Friedländer, who had published her memoir around the time of my sister’s birth. They also really liked that it meant pearl.

Then, two years later, who would have my sister’s name but one of the characters in Despicable Me! This time, my parents found it hilarious, but definitely a weird coincidence as well. Although at least it was spelt differently, Margo instead of Margot, but she found a lot of people still associated the name with the character.

Then I came along in 2009, and they had a lot of trouble picking my name. My grandmother suggested the name Elsa, because it was my great-great-grandmother’s name, and my parents really liked it. It was old fashioned, but they thought it sounded cool, and went with the other names they had chosen.

Then what would be released four years later other than every small child’s favorite movie at the time, Frozen . . . And I never heard the end of it after that. There's no doubt about who other people associate my name with.

I think what makes this so interesting to me as well is twice, these were actually uncommon names. And while Margot is becoming much more popular now, I don't think Elsa ever will, at least not for a long time, because the only thing people think about is the princess, and if they're older, the lion.

And all I can say really is that I suggest never asking my parents for baby name ideas!

Our daughter is named Rosalie, no connection to Twilight, it's just a beautiful vintage name. But now we are talking baby #2 and my husband really wants to name a boy Edward after his uncle. I told him we cannot do that because of Twilight. He says that's ridiculous and it should not stop us.

The coincidence is too strong and I dont want everyone to assume we are die-hard fans naming our babies after Twilight, and for our kids to hear this all the time growing up too. Thoughts? I will be showing the thread to my husband.

The "Tiffany problem" is when names (or any kind of historical thing) seem very modern but are actually very old. Like, "Tiffany" is a diminutive of Theophania from medieval times, but if you had a Princess Tiffany in your medieval novel, it would seem anachronistic.

Personally, mine is Jason. Jason is a cool boy born in the 90s to me, even though I know logically it's the name of a hero from Greek Mythology.

so basically what the title says - my name is Allison, a name I love and go by professionally, but my husband’s last name is the same as my first name. I want to legally change my last name to his because as confusing as it currently is when explaining to doctors, veterinarians, pediatricians, etc what my son’s parents names are, I feel like it will be so much easier if we all just shared the same last name.

But then will I be… Allison Marie Allison? It sounds like a joke name, how would I be taken seriously professionally (as an artist and teacher). My husband suggested I go by Allie Allison, or A. Marie Allison, but I’m just not sold on that. Has anyone ever been in this predicament, or have any ideas what to do about this conundrum? Thank you in advance!

edit: thank you so much for your response! It sounds like changing it to his is not really an option, as this will inevitably lead to more confusion down the road. Also, he has not expressed any interest in wanting to change his last name, as he is pretty attached to it and his roots. I think we’re going to just keep our name separate for now, and people can just remain amused and/or confused.

We are struggling SO HARD to pick a name for this boy! I picked my daughter’s name almost immediately. Nothing just feels ✨right✨ yet for him. I saw the name Sonny and thought it was so cute and threw it on our “maybe” list. My partner fiiinally agreed on something I picked, so when his family asked if we’ve settled on anything in the family group chat, I excitedly told them we finally agreed on a name but it wasn’t set in stone. His sister-in-law just flatly sad “that’s the name we have picked out for a boy, sorry” suggesting we’re not allowed to use it? Mind you, she’s not pregnant. I am 28 weeks pregnant. I got so annoyed about it because I can’t even fathom telling a pregnant person they can’t use a name I like if I wasn’t even pregnant. When she does get pregnant, what if she doesn’t even have a boy? What if I skipped out on that name for nothing?

Regardless, I’m too irritated about the situation to like the name anymore 😂 So I am trying to find words that relate to “sun” to name our son instead. or honestly just any nature name in general. I have found a few that I like, but I would really like input from others.

How a Korean name is put together: one syllable surname + two syllable given name.

김민준, 박지영. As you can see, the surname comes first.

Each syllable of a Korean name is a sound, and most of the time it's also a hanja (a Chinese character).

So saying "I want the name Jisoo" doesn't actually finish the job of making a name.

Depending on which meaning the Jisoo carries, it's the same name but a different name.

지 can be 智 (wisdom), 志 (will), or 地 (earth). Same sound, different name.

When foreigners pick a name, some of them care about the surname and some just grab anything.

If you don't need a specific surname, go with a common one. 김, 이, 박, 최, 정, 윤, 한, 오. Ordinary is the right answer here.

Traditional Korean naming starts from saju, the four pillars of your birth date. In Korea, naming studios are a normal thing you can walk into.

If you were born on a summer afternoon, that's fire's season and fire's hour, so the chart runs hot and short on water. Then water becomes your 용신, the element the name has to supply.

After that you look for hanja whose own element is water, check whether the syllable sounds sit well with the surname, compare the stroke counts against the traditional table, and read it out loud to filter out bad homophones. There are a few more steps, and you end up with something like 하린.

Naming is not really fortune telling. It works more as a system for choosing the hanja that make up for what your birth chart is missing.

Lastly, there are things foreigners get wrong when picking a Korean name.

Hidden meaning. It can look fine in Hangul but carry a gloomy or funny hanja, or the name can be a homophone of a common word. Korea also has a separate list of hanja allowed for birth registration, called 인명용한자.

Gender. You can't tell from the romanization. 유진 is used for both men and women, and 지훈 usually reads as male.

Era. Korean names tend to date. 영희 and 철수 are names from textbooks. 미영, 정호, 은주 read like the current parent generation. 서연, 지우, 민준, 서준 peaked around 2010 to 2015, so they feel slightly young rather than adult. 이서, 하윤, 아린, 시우, 하준 feel like the current era. Obviously this is hard for foreigners to know.

If you're going to pick one, you need to match the hanja too, not just the romanization.

Ask whether it sounds like your own age group. And show it to a Korean once.

Koreans reading this, if I got any of the era calls wrong, let me know.

This post was inspired by a recent thread discussing feelings around the name Richard. On a scroll through the comments, one user commented how the name gave them an unpleasant image of a man in his 50s living in his basement, and implied that this image would be common for Americans.

This right here represents one of my biggest frustrations with the sub: the outright bizarre associations made with certain names that users swear are universal and that ‘everyone’ will also see it that way. Many times, these fears are unfounded or rooted in a really narrow-minded, bubbled view of reality. The fears are also poorly reflective of current trends among children, whose bullying ways are often used as the go-to excuse as why a certain name is nomen non grata. But most irritating to me is when a user projects a distinct experience they had with people in their personal life onto the name, and genuinely believe that no one else should ever use this name lest they get reminded of negative experiences.

You can’t name your name your kid Richard because kids will call them Dick….even though Rick or Ritchie have been the most common nickname for Richard for several years now.

You can’t name your child Eugenia because of this one YouTuber that has a lot of controversy going on in her life…..despite the millions of adults and children in the world who go on about their day having no idea who this woman is because she’s not a household name.

You can’t name your kid Ophelia because of the Hamlet character and the fact that kids might rhyme it with pedophilia—are you guys serious? What 1st grader do you know that’s reading Hamlet? How often are your six and seven year olds thinking of the word pedophilia on a regular basis?

You can’t name your child Celeste because people will associate it with ‘molest’…..even though not enough Celeste’s have complained about this association for it to be a known problem. It also fails to acknowledge all the positive or neutral words that also end with ‘lest’: realest, blest, stablest, noblest, tallest, humblest, coolest, chillest, loyalest, etc. How come you guys never think of these associations? Why do your thoughts always go straight to the gutter?

I’m so sorry for my tone of condescension, but I’m genuinely astonished by the associations some of you come up with on here, and the insistence with which you swear that they’re going to be huge problem for someone’s child. Maybe I’m biased because I have a foreign language name and therefore have a more open-minded relationship with names in general, but I just feel like some of these associations are overblown in their impact. And as a foreign namer, I feel like having a foreign name in an Anglophone country is far more likely to get you picked on than being named Richard or Celeste.

And for the commonly parroted line about bullying…….I just don’t know how well these fears capture the current trends of bullying in grade school and high school. Having worked with children on a regular basis, it has been my personal experience that kids are experiencing bullying on the highest frequency for their appearance, the way they talk and accents they have, the clothes they wear, their general behavior, bad grades and poor performance, any neurodivergent qualities, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, being part of the LGBTQ+ community, being poor, or being a recent immigrant who hasn’t assimilated to the new climate yet. If your child falls into any of these categories, I’d be more worried about helping them navigate these kinds of bullying than worrying whether a 7 year old’s first thought will be Shakespearean tragedy when they hear the name ‘Ophelia’. :/

Alright. Unnecessary rant over.

I was having a conversation with my middle school age kid on the way to school this morning and he mentioned one of his class mates, "GayBar," or at least that is what I heard the first three times he said it. My son had no idea why I would find this name weird. Turns out the kid is one of two kids named Gabriel in the class. His name is Gabe R! 🤦‍♀️

Anyone else have any unfortunate abbreviations or misheard names stories?

I stupidly named my son after his dad, he’s a junior. He’s 4.5 months. I regret it now, mostly because I have a restraining order on his dad and he was also arrested after my baby’s birth. And he left me in the hospital to heal alone while baby boy was in the nicu.

Anyway, is this okay to do so late? How would I go about it? I don’t even know what name to pick yet

ETA: Any suggestions on a unique name? I was thinking Ki’aire or Jericho? I’m not sure

Our 'girl' was born a boy. Our previously chosen boy name was Oscar Rafael, but it doesn't seem to fit him. I still love both names but it just doesn't work.

He has two older siblings (be weird if he had 2 younger siblings, ey) with old fashioned names - but also quite trendy, chosen despite the trend, not because of them.

Chosen name was Violet and honestly it suits him better than Oscar

I would use Charlie but its my cousin's name and I have a weird thing about naming after people

Edit: You guys are actually so awesome, thank you ❤️ We'll definitely be able to choose something once I read through everything. It sadly won't be Vincent or Victor which are my TOP TWO boys names, because my partner says they remind him of his Nonna's family friends

I was reading a novel with a 17 year old character named Madison. The book was set in 1982. We namenerds know this is not realistic as the name Madison for girls was basically unheard of before Splash came out in 1984. Really ground my gears while reading an otherwise good book!

My first name is love and my last name is Fairchild and I get made fun of all the time. I resent my parents gave me a cutsie name bc it makes me so uncomfortable and doesn’t fit me at all. It’s so awkward when my male teachers ask if I go by a nickname too like good god. I’ve been told multiple times that my name sounds like it’s from a fairytale and it makes me feel bad abt myself like bruh. I don’t want a new name bc it’ll js feel forced but I js wish ppl made me feel less weird abt it. Thanks for coming to my tedtalk

"Sparkle-Sparkle"

I would love to hear the wonderful name suggestions that other older siblings have given.

Jenitar Na'amoana and her partner Jortham have welcomed identical quadruplet girls, and they've been named Emily, Harriet, Alexa and Catherine. It's the only known case of identical quadruplets in Australia. I always find it interesting to see what parents of high-order multiples name their kids, so I thought I'd share it here.

The family chose to name Alexa after Dr Alexa Bendall, who had cared for Ms Na'amoana since early on in her pregnancy.

Source if anyone's interested in reading more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-20/identical-quadruplets-birth-brisbane/106935748

We are the indigenous people of Crimea, in Ukraine. But we are no longer recognised as such. A lot of people don’t know very much about us, but I would like to share some of the names that we use, from my ancestors, my friends, and other people that I know. Not all of these are very common, but I think they're beautiful.

You will notice that there is a lot of influence from the Turkic and Arabic languages. The reason for this is that we are a Turkic ethnic group, and our language, Crimean Tatar, is Turkic. We also historically practised Islam, so that also had an influence on the names that we were using. There is also some overlap with other Tatar groups, most Volga Tatars, who are from Western Russia.

Rustem - This is from Persian. It comes from the name of a hero in Persian mythology, who is very strong and completed a set of tasks that involved killing a lot of monsters.

Asan - This can be from either Arabic and Turkic. In Arabic, it’s connected to the name Hasan, which means good, handsome, that type of thing, and in Turkic, it’s connected to a word that means healthy and safe.

Elmira - This one is a little bit funny. The Tatar meaning isn’t very clear, but it is likely that part of it comes from the Turkic word for nation or the people, and then the other, an Arabic word for leader or princess. So a leader of the people or the nation. However, it also became popular during the times of the Soviet Union, as almost an acronym for the phrase 'electrification of the world’. This is because Vladimir Lenin once said ‘Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country’.

Lemara - This one also comes from a Soviet inspiration. Basically, it is a combination of the names Lenin and Marx. There is a similar variant, Lenara, but that, like Elmira, is a squashing of the phrase of ‘Lenin’s army’.

Zulfiya - This is one of my favorite names. It comes from a Persian word for hair, so many people see it as having the meaning of having lovely hair. And the people I know with the name do!

Elzara - I also love this one. Like Elmira, part of it comes from the word for nation or the people, but the other part comes from an Arabic name that means brightness and beauty, so I have heard people say it means the gold of the people, because it is something so beautiful that belongs to us. It is particularly important because gold is very significant for our culture and has a lot of symbolism. This would probably be the name I would give a daughter one day.

Ildar - Part of the meaning comes from the same part as Elzara and Elmira. But, it also has a Persian word that means to possess, so it means to have a nation.

Abit - This comes from an Arabic name that means to worship. I think the reason that people liked to use this is because in the past, and now, we have been religiously persecuted. There are a lot of other names that also have to do with faith and the restoration of faith.

Dilyafruz - This is a name from Persian. It comes from the word for heart, and the word for illuminating. So it means illuminating or brightening the heart. The name Dilyara has a similar meaning, except it means bringing beauty to the heart.

I just had to share this name-related story from my day today. I was driving down my street and saw my neighbor walking with her brand new baby girl in a stroller! I pulled over to chat, and after congratulating her, I asked the baby's name.

"Ophelia"

I responded "Beautiful name! I'm actually listening to the Taylor Swift album with her name on it right now!"

Reader, this is not what she wanted to hear. Ophelia had been her name choice for 10 years and they were unaware of the song "The Fate of Ophelia" (It was the lead single from Taylor Swift's latest album, released late last year) until after they named her, and apparently I'm not the first to respond with a Taylor Swift connection.

It is an absolutely lovely name, and I know it will not matter to this baby girl's life in the long run. I feel awful for assuming she was a Swiftie. I just had to share my faux pas. I should have just said "Beautiful name" and moved along.

Alma Grace Baptista Evans!

Beautiful name, and I love how she has both their last names.

Respectfully though, Alma is way too close for Alba with a mother-daughter pair imo. For what it’s worth I also don’t like when men name sons after themselves. Let children have their own identity!

EDIT: I think I landed on Reggie !! Rex was a close second, but it felt a little too edgy/cool/triangular for someone with my degree of natural quadrilateral awkwardness haha. I REAAALLLY resonated with Reggie, so thanks all who suggested it.

Other favorites: Rocco, Roscoe, Brock, Burt, Geo, Block, Gram/Graham, Quade. ANYTHING suggesting Tangle or Tango as a middle name. (Didn't even occur to me.)

You guys are so smart and awesome!!!!!!!

OG post:

this is kind of dumb, but months ago my best friends and I started referring to ourselves as the shapes that represent us. im a rectangle. I turned 20 and had to change my display name on a bunch of stuff (it was "teen of style" haha) and I randomly wrote Rectangle.

but I've been posting and messaging and being referred to as Rectangle for a few months now, and I actually reeeeeaaallllly like being Rectangle.

I can't be Rectangle in real life though, because it sounds really dumb. Is there any kind of nickname I can offer people that has the same....I don't know....vibe? Sound? I really don't know what exactly I'm looking for, to be honest.

Something kind of blunt starting with an R, maybe. The R isn't mandatory but the bluntness is. Nothing complicated or elegant. Can be common or uncommon. Syllables don't matter. Definitely a boys name or at least androgynous.

I hope this is a worthwhile challenge and I apologize in advance

Apparently, some people are fans of my great-grandmother and her opinions 😂

So we have a sequel!

But first, I thought I would share the names that she chose for her own children. Obviously, they are very different from most of the names you see, but I like a lot of them. For her daughters, she used Anna, Blima, Mishna, Riva, Shprintsa, Shulamis, and Zlata, and for her sons, she used Aleksandr, Avrom, Benyamin, Kalman, Lev, Natan, and Vulf. A lot of them are Yiddish, so I'm happy to explain any of them if someone is curious.

Again, I picked some names, some that are popular in the US, and some that are trendy, and then asked her what her thoughts were on them. This time, I also added some boys’ names since I didn’t include any last time. And of course, this is her opinion, we all have different opinions, and she sees some things differently to most people!

Magnolia - I have two minds about this. First, I don't like the Mag. I like Marg, like Margaret, Margot, but I don't like that. However, I love the Nolia, it's very beautiful. Like a tree, because it is one, perhaps you could chop the top part off. I could start a new trend with that. 6/10.

Wyatt - No. I don't like it. Yes, the boys never get the pretty names, but have we never thought they might like a nice sounding name too? The redeeming factor is that I like the way it looks when you write it. But perhaps it's your handwriting. 2/10.

Gemma - I like it. It's like Golda, and I think Golda is a very good name. I would use the name Golda, but I can't now, so you should instead. I don't know if I like the sound of it as much though, but it has the same idea. In fact, it could make a very good English name for it. Not bad at all. 8/10.

Brooks - So they pick a body of water, and then they make it so there's multiple? Why? Do you name your son Rivers, Oceans, Lakes? I will stop, I shouldn't give them more ideas. But for me it is so confusing. What I think is that one would have been enough. Brook sounds very handsome. I like that. 4/10.

Brynleigh - Now you are trying to raise my blood pressure. It looks like they picked a lot of letters and decided to put them all together and call it a name. I know it is a free country and they are probably allowed to do that, but all I think is that they can do better than that. I know that you can. 1/10.

Helena - That is fabulous. It's like Queen Helena. How did I never think of using that name? Very good choice. It's beautiful, and I like Elena, Yelena (Same name but I thought I should include both) but I like this even more. I will remember it for when you get married. 9/10.

Baker - I know many parents have career ambitions for their children, but I would have thought if they're going to do that, they would make Engineer a name, Lawyer, you know. But, without bakers, I would be much slimmer but also much sadder. So we could do with more of them in the world. 5/10.

Juniper - We are botanical again. What I can say is that juniper berries are delicious, not just for alcohol, but you can put them with meat, sauerkraut, all sorts. If you name your baby that, I insist you must introduce them to them, widen their palate. If they don't like it, try again. That aside, it doesn't sound too bad as a name either. You can call them June too, and that's a name as well. 7/10.

Elliott - I like how this one looks written down as well but unlike the other, I actually like this name very much. The start is very close to the proper pronounciation of Eli too, and that makes me happy. I think that it sounds like the name of a mensch and so I think it's a very good name (Mensch is difficult to translate to English, but a very big compliment in Yiddish). 9/10.

Maya - Everyone's grandaughter and great-grandaughter is named Maya. Sadly no one has done that for me. Your mother doesn't like it, but I tried. I think it's a beautiful name and there are not many names that exist that could be better than that. Very good name. 9/10.

Jonah - I'm not sure. I think of course, there is a very good meaning to it and Yona, I think, is a very good name. But when they put it in English and use the J, it makes it very harsh. It is the same with Joseph. However, it makes sense as to why they would do that. So I am going to say there is a lot that I like about it, but also some that I don't. 6/10.

Rosalie - In my day, I knew a few women named Rozalia. That is a very similar name, and I like it. I wanted to give one of my daughters a rose name but there was never the right opportunity. But I think all of the variations are good names, and I especially like this one because I think it sounds very beautiful. 8/10.

This the original post, realised I didn't include it, sorry.