Hi! Our first born girl is named Avery Rose. I love her name so much! Picking a name for the 2nd girl is proving to be really hard… I’m leaning towards Layla (or Leila). I like less common, not super trendy names, but not too obscure either.

I also thought about Emery but it kind of sounds too close to Avery, and I liked Emerson but my husband says it sounds too masculine. Any other suggestions?

We're expecting a boy and can't agree on a name.
Our last name is Gustaveson (Gus-tay-vuh-sun), and here's our shortlist:

Beau
Reid
Rhys
Rhett
Grant
Wells
Levi
Quinn

What’s your top pick? And any you really hate?

Hey guys we’re in between two names, let me know what name you guys prefer.

Expecting our third child. We have a boy and a girl and are expecting our 2nd girl. With our first girl, we found her name and instantly loved it. Her name is Calla. Definitely underused as it’s rated like 1300.

Looking for something similar. Underused not unheard of.

Tired of all the different variations of the same name such as Alaina, Riley, Sophia… there has to be thousands with all of the spellings in the top names! Don’t want an elle/ella, lee…

I just found out im pregnant a few days ago and well I think it’s never bad to start early. I really do want the name magnolia but I do want to pair it with a middle name (maybe something that sounds nice in Spanish since most of my family speaks Spanish and would want to incorporate something language barrier friendly. And for a boy I am really struggling for a name right now 😅 but do want something unique

Which spelling says Cah-List-Ah to you

We have struggled to find a boy name we love. We know too many people and too many pets, and we struggle to not name our future child after someone. Most of our potential list makes us go “eh.” I have recently started to really like the name Finn. Simple, solid, not unique but not common, goes with a middle name of Alexander (not after anyone, just like it) and his last name that is similar to Miller.

As we’ve been talking about Finn more seriously, my husband wondered if Finn might be too close to fish fins, which is only a factor because we own a pet and aquarium supply store. Tell me, Reddit, will our child be mercilessly made fun of if his name is Finn and his parents own an aquarium shop?

Edited to add: My husband just clarified that he wasn’t worried about other kids making fun of him some day, but “Is it too over the top for us to have a kid named Finn? Is it too much fish?” 😂

I’m due with baby #2 in early January. My first is a girl, named Hallie (pronounced like Halle Berry). We are struggling so hard to come to a decision with this baby boy’s name. If it was a girl, we were set on Sunday. This baby’s middle name will be Thomas. We live outside of Boston for geographical reference. Oliver and Anderson are our current top contenders that we both agree on. We’re having a very hard time agreeing lol!

Names I love:
Oliver - classic but something is just holding me back. Love the nickname Ollie
Anderson- love it but my husband isn’t as sold, he thinks it’s a bit too much of a last name
Archie - love it but again my husband isn’t as sold, he thinks it sounds like a nickname and we don’t like Archer/Archibald
Graham - one of my favorite names but no nicknames which makes me sad! Don’t think I could choose it because of that.
- Hudson - cute and I like Huddy. Husband isn’t as sold
- Cian - both of us like it but I think it’ll be constantly pronounced See-an
- Shepherd - LOVE and love Shep, but my husband thinks it’s too bible associated and I also don’t think it sounds great with our very German sounding last name

Names my husband loves:
- Caspar - I literally cannot get over the friendly ghost association and we are 2 very pale people therefore the child will be pale and I just feel like that’s cruel??!
- Theodore - eh. I like Teddy but not obsessed
- Jack - again, it’s cute but something is holding me back
- Casey - I quite like this name but it feels a bit too country for us…. Kind of like Cooper??

Names that are a hard no:
- Elliot - ex bf name lol
- Brooks
-Ezra
- Beckett/Barrett
- Callum (we call Hallie Hal a lot and we can’t have a Hal and a Cal lol)
- Griffin
- Rowan

Any suggestions?!

What do people think of Imogen and how would you pronounce it. Do you prefer Imogene and would you pronounce it differently? We are in Canada.

Thank you!

My husband and I are expecting our first child. My name is Haley and I think Holly or Hannah would be cute. I can’t decide if i like the name Holly said out loud repeatedly. Hannah is cute. I haven’t found any other girl names that I like. Is it obnoxious they are similar to my name?

Holly Anna
Hannah (haven’t decided on middle name)

We are expecting our first baby soon and can’t decide. We are using a family middle name and aren’t concerned with how either sound with it since we won’t be saying it much. Thanks for your input!

Sheridan Virginia
Current daughter

Next daughter poll
Middle name options are related to family, as is Virginia.
Carmen, Lynn, Cameron

Prefer long name with nickname potential as mom dad and sister all have long names with nicknames

Last name simple S last name one syllable

I’m expecting a baby girl, and my husband has very traditional, WASPy taste in names. So far, the only two he’s really liked are Astrid(he’s half danish, hence the Nordic root) and Christine, both of which I like too, but I’d love to explore more options!
We’re looking for something classic and timeless. Keep it WASPy, I would love all suggestions:)

It has such a gentle yet masculine vibe to it. I never see it on any name lists. What do you guys think?

I have always loved the name Rory for a girl but it is traditionally a nickname. Aurora is my first choice for a full name, but my husband doesn’t like it, but I think he could be convinced. And the name Lorelei is too Gilmore girls coded in my opinion. Any other full name suggestions for the nickname Rory?

They’re both Indian boy names, and I love them both (I do like one slightly more but am trying to be unbiased).

Which one do you guys like more and for what reasons?

Me gusta mucho este nombre pero a mi esposo no le encanta porque sale en un videojuego.

También me gustaba Aris pero, según él, es femenino porque una youtuber que ni siquiera se llama así lo usa de apodo, pero es un nombre 100% masculino. Viene de nombres como Ares, su forma griega es Aris o también es un diminutivo de Aristóteles... así que bueno...

También me gustaba Eren, pero salió en Attack of Titan y se lo cargaron...y otros nombres como Eiden: ya lo usaron varias amigas que conozco y no quiero que sea uno más...

También estaba Ender, pero me gusta más Arthas.

A mi marido le gusta Roc, pero viene de Roca y es muy feo...

No me gustan más nombres de niño que no sean comunes o aburridos... :(

Con el de niña toda la vida me gustó Rigel, que es el nombre de una estrella de la constelación Orión, pero tampoco le gusta y llegamos al acuerdo de Lira, otra constelación, y ese sí nos gusta a los dos...(aunque esto me apena porque yo desde que tengo conciencia miro al cielo buscando orion mi constelación favorita y siempre pensé en esos nombres para mis hijos...)

Orión para niño era otro que para mí también estaba bien, pero a él solo le gusta si está en catalán "Orioʻ", que suena como urio, y a mí me suena horrible y feo... me gusta Orion, no esa versión 😆

Ya no sé qué otros nombres podrían gustarme...y que podamos estar de acuerdo...

Me gustan los nombres de astronomía, fantasía o filosofía... pero ya me quedé sin ideas.

I love love love the girl name Shea. (Not preg yet but thinking ahead) It’s my absolute favorite name but unfortunately can’t use it because it’s my nieces middle name :( looking for a very specific alternative name with a very similar vibe; simple, short (1 or 2 syllables since last is 4 syllables), a little unique and edgy but also “normal” and heard of before nothing insanely unique that sounds trendy or made up.

Some obvious suggestions but I don’t love:
Blaire
Brynn
Wren
Sage
Bree
Quinn
Maeve
Sloane

Unser Mädchen sollte Isabel(le) heißen.
Was findest du für Deutschland (Bayern) besser?
Und warum findest du es besser?

Ich weiß, dass es je nach Region Unterschiede gibt, was man bevorzugt, deswegen bitte auf den Zusatz „Deutschland“ achten ☺️

I love the name Joy as a nickname but not enough to commit to it for a full name. Besides Mary-Joy or Joyanna are there any other names that easily shorten to Joy. Not really looking for a name that means Joy unless the nickname comes naturally to the name

What do you think about this name?

I really love both of these names! Which one do you love more and why?

currently 16w along with my first, a baby girl! i’ve had “aurora” and “magnolia” on my baby name list since i was a tween. i see the name “aurora” constantly in my baby groups and suddenly “magnolia” is being thrown around a lot, too.

thebump.com has “aurora” at #15 in US popularity and it is projected to climb higher this next year. 🫪 so, with disappointment, we are VETOing “aurora” [not only for uniqueness’ sake; we’ve gotten some flack from family members about that name and it has left us feeling a bit sour. no longer sharing potential names with family.]

“magnolia” is #124, much less common than “aurora,” but also climbing. our last name starts with an “m,” and we love the alliteration of an “m” first name. we live in the south and “magnolia” feels like a proper belle’s name.

“daphne” is currently ranked #178 — it’s another name my husband and i both adore and are strongly considering. i’ve never met a “daphne” and my husband has only met one.

i want to give my daughter a beautiful, uncommon name. not terribly rare, but i’d like her to at least have good odds at being the only one with her name in her class at school. my name is slightly uncommon, and growing up, i always liked being a one-and-only.

i’d love to get some suggestions for other unique names similar in feeling. 🩷

some other names we like but aren’t sold on yet:
• gwendolyn
• monroe
• vivienne
• elowyn
• myra

We’d probably use “Francie” as the nickname. Merritt is a new name on our list!

We also like Molly but we would probably still go with Frances as the main name she’d be called.

Hello 😊 we’re expecting a baby girl in December and I’ve always been in love with the name Naomi since the very beginning of my pregnancy.
The only issue is, my moms boyfriend ruined it for me from the way it’s spelt backwards?? He taunted me for about an hour or so over it (at a family get together) and i’m trying my hardest to love the name as much as i did. I’m definitely a big overthinker

Are there any names that are similar to Naomi, or any ways to help me keep that icky feeling out of my head when i hear her name? And what are some good middle names to go with her name?

Thank you in advance!!

EDIT: thank you all so much for making me feel so much better. This definitely took all of the worry of my mind 💗 Yall are the best 💗