I am 15M and I am considering moving to Korea in the future because I want experience living abroad and I have relatives living there.

I have a Korean name in my legal name, but it is in my middle name. My first name is a normal English name.

So should I just use the Korean name given to me in my middle name as my Korean name?

This is my first child, a girl, and I’m having a difficult time choosing a name. I really like unisex names and have been considering first/middle name combinations using Tyler, Sloane, and Lennox. I would really appreciate thoughts on these combinations and would love any new suggestions.

Sloane Tyler Sloane Alaïa Sloane Anaïs Sloane Olivia Kendall Sloane Kendall Alaïa Tyler Sloane Lennox Sloane Sloane Lennox

I see a lot of comments on this sub about names (mostly girl names) being “unprofessional.” People say stuff like “it’s fine on a baby, but that child is going to be an adult one day!” or “why can’t you just name her Sunnitrianna and call her Sunny?”

To which I say:

If names like Joni, Tammy, or Shelley were new and trendy today, there’d be people all over these comments saying “ehhh...cute for a baby, not for a grown woman. What if she wants to be a senator?” Those three names actually belong to three sitting female U.S. Senators. And that’s not even as “unprofessional” as senator names come. There’s a senator from Hawaii named Mazie. Mazie! Not only is that “too cutesy,” it’s not even spelled right!

What if she wants to be a scientist, but she has an “out-there” name? Two of the members of NASA’s newest astronaut class are named Jasmin and Zena.

Or climb the corporate ladder? Well, there are Fortune 500 CEOs named Patti and Phebe. One is even named Penny Pennington. I kid you not, people. PENNY PENNINGTON.

It’s fine if these names aren’t your style, but by calling them out as “unprofessional,” you’re just upholding that standard that women have to have everything in their lives absolutely perfect to succeed, including things they have no control over, like their first name. And don’t even get me started on the comments where people say “well I wouldn’t hire a Maisie/Penny/Buffy.” You are part of the problem.

So obviously not ending in ‘A E I O or U’ as well as Y in most cases.

Just thinking ahead for the future if someday I have a kid. I’ve noticed a lot of girl names end with a vowel or vowel sound. What are some good ones that don’t?

For reference, the child will be British born, with a mixed Indian/white heritage.

I have Maeve. I have met two Maeves in my life. Both were very shy so now I can't picture on outgoing Maeve.

My fiancé and I are planning to have children soon and have been trying to come up with names starting with a J since both of ours start with J as well. We aren’t against any without it because we do have some that start with a different letter that also fit the names we like but I’d like honest opinions on these names but also want some suggestions!

Some we liked

Girl: Josie, Jennie, Lianna/Gianna Boy: Jackson, Harrison, Bennett (possibly a middle name)

Some that we’ve decided not to have

Girl: Julie, Julianna, Jules (they’re too close to my fiancés name and he doesn’t like it) Boy: Jensen (sister has been set on this name) Jared, John

I’m not having a baby anytime soon, but I’ve always been eagerly waiting to since I was tiny and naturally have been thinking about what to name them for well over a decade now. I recently have decided that I really like double middle names, as it gives me a chance to combine family names and names I just like, for example something like Spencer James Thomas where Spencer James was a name I loved and Thomas is a family name.

My friends keep saying that the names are way too long (with the longest being 29 letters if I add my last name) but I think they flow nicely together even if they are long.

Thoughts on long/double middle names?

TW Miscarriage, DV

A few years ago I suffered an early miscarriage. I lost this child during a very difficult part of my life (DV, severe mental health issues brought on by the DV, etc). I found out I was pregnant, had to stop all my meds cold turkey, then lost the kid shortly after. Because of that kid, I was able to go on later and have the two kids I have now.

I want to honor that kid by naming them. I know I want the first name to be Parker, but I’m struggling with a middle name. Anything from about from the darkness, sacrifice, etc. my last name starts with an N.

Thanks y’all!

Names of parents in brackets.

• Kinga (Ewelina & Krystian)
• Arkadiusz (Bogumiła & Paweł)
• Klemens Antoni (Katarzyna & Krzysztof)
• Urszula (Wiktoria & Adrian)
• Nikodem (Roksana & Dominik)
• Jan (Emilia & Łukasz)
• Konrad (Klaudia & Adrian)
• Norbert (Sylwia & Maciej)
• Wojciech (Justyna & Maciej)
• Aleksander (Katarzyna & Jakub)
• Sławomir (Paulina & Zbigniew)
• Kornelia (Aleksandra & Daniel)
• Henryk (Magdalena & Piotr)
• Filip (Karolina & Kamil)
• Milena (Patrycja & Arkadiusz)
• Emilia (Karolina & Mateusz)
• Ignacy (Anna & Damian)
• Vanessa (Sonia & Bartłomiej)
• Filip (Karolina & Jarosław)
• Alicja (Anna & Grzegorz)
• Ignacy (Dorota & Łukasz)
• Damian (Katarzyna & Artur)
• Helena (Oliwia & Grzegorz)
• Pola & Maja (twins, Agnieszka & Marcin)
• Miłosz (Natalia & Adrian)
• Eryk (Anna & Marek)
• Lena & Oliwia (twins, Klaudia & Marcin)
• Cezary (Daria & Kamil)
• Filip (Barbara & Robert)
• Aurora (Magdalena & Adrian)
• Igor (Patrycja & Michał)
• Franciszek (Joanna & Dawid)
• Jakub (Wiktoria & Patryk)
• Michalina (Patrycja & Mateusz)
• Antonina (Łucja & Sławomir)
• Tymoteusz (Angelika & Szymon)
• Oliwier (Aleksandra & Franciszek)
• Oskar (Hanna & Adrian)
• Alan (Sandra & Przemysław)
• Pola (Beata & Dawid)
• Zofia (Aleksandra & Sebastian)
• Kajetan (Agata & Marcin)
• Hugo (Ewa & Łukasz)
• Aniela (Sylwia & Mateusz)
• Adam (Martyna & Łukasz)
• Martyna (Żaneta & Tomasz)
• Anna (Renata & Marcin)
• Róża (Karolina & Łukasz)
• Adam (Agnieszka & Paweł)
• Antoni (Amanda & Dawid)
• Maksymilian (Marta & Marcin)
• Filip (Monika & Kamil)
• Karolina (Katarzyna & Michał)
• Amelia (Marzena & Tomasz)
• Alicja (Agnieszka & Piotr)
• Emilia (Karolina & Sebastian)
• Sofiya (Liudmyla & Szymon)
• Franciszek (Karolina & Krzysztof)
• Natalia (Dominika & Adam)
• Maria (Katarzyna & Michał)
• Rozalia (Klaudia & Dawid)
• Dawid (Patrycja & Krystian)
• Wojciech (Joanna & Sebastian)
• Maksymilian (Klaudia & Rafał)
• Julia (Natalia & Krzysztof)
• Stanisław (Anna & Borys)
• Karol (Klaudia & Grzegorz)
• Jakub (Żaneta & Łukasz)
• Lidia (Wiktoria & Mariusz)
• Maja (Patrycja & Adam)
• Zuzanna (Dorota & Daniel)
• Tomasz (Agnieszka & Bartosz)
• Oliwier (Weronika & Paweł)
• Tymoteusz (Justyna & Mateusz)
• Ada (Aleksandra & Łukasz)
• Małgorzata (Weronika & Sebastian)
• Emilia (Klaudia & Oliwier)
• Marcel (Anna & Tomasz)
• Igor (Karolina & Kamil)
• Wiktoria (Aleksandra & Dawid)
• Borys (Małgorzata & Kornel)
• Denis (Aneta & Marcin)
• Piotr (Dominika & Paweł)
• Alicja (Emilia & Michał)
• Pola (Monika & Robert)
• Gabriela (Kamila & Łukasz)
• Laura (Wiktoria & Denis)
• Oliwia (Angelika & Krystian)
• Franciszek (Aleksandra & Łukasz)
• Oskar (Karolina & Kamil)
• Nikodem (Anna & Szymon)
• Wiktoria (Tetyana & Daniel)
• Iga (Ewelina & Rafał)
• Leon (Natalia & Tomasz)
• Filip (Patrycja & Tobiasz)
• Zuzanna (Monika & Mariusz)
• Brunon (Agnieszka & Eryk)
• Igor (Ewa & Łukasz)
• Hanna (Karolina & Sebastian)
• Tymon (Natalia & Daniel)
• Borys (Alicja & Marcin)
• Stanisław (Martyna & Dominik)
• Mia (Natalia & Adam)
• Oliwier (Ewa & Paweł)
• Zuzanna (Joanna & Damian)
• Mia (Katarzyna & Tomasz)
• Marcelina (Kamila & Krzysztof)
• Gabriel (Paulina & Łukasz)
• Rafał (Ewelina & Sebastian)
• Zuzanna (Oliwia & Radosław)
• Martyna (Anna & Mateusz)
• Oskar (Agata & Krzysztof)
• Gabriel (Sandra & Patryk)
• Pola & Antonina (twins, Elwira & Krystian)
• Cecylia (Beata & Michał)
• Lucjan (Anna & Łukasz)
• Marcel (Żaneta & Artur)
• Adam (Ewelina & Piotr)
• Maciej (Agnieszka & Tomasz)
• Ayoub (Klaudia & Yassin)
• Mikołaj (Klaudia & Michał)
• Antonina (Dominika & Łukasz)
• Klara (Weronika & Łukasz)
• Mikołaj (Dagmara)
• Jakub (Iwona & Maciej)
• Emil (Anita & Sławomir)
• Filip (Klaudia & Tomasz)
• Helena (Katarzyna & Damian)
• Pola (Nikola & Dawid)
• Tomasz (Katarzyna & Artur)
• Emil (Anna & Kamil)
• Hanna (Gabriela & Grzegorz)
• Tola (Agata & Bartosz)
• Kamil (Aleksandra & Marek)
• Hanna (Nikola & Adrian)
• Maja (Alicja & Szymon)
• Mieszko (Dominika & Michał)
• Szymon (Anna & Damian)
• Gabriel (Katarzyna & Mateusz)
• Lucjan (Anna & Łukasz)
• Szymon (Monika & Łukasz)
• Lila & Pola (twins, Judyta & Bartłomiej)
• Michał (Mirosława & Krzysztof)
• Antoni (Anna & Piotr)
• Lena (Katarzyna & Marek)
• Maja (Joanna & Łukasz)
• Ida (Adrianna & Jacek)
• Wojciech (Jolanta & Adam)
• Róża (Magdalena & Piotr)
• Sara (Paulina & Andrzej)
• Hanna (Krystyna & Franciszek)
• Agata (Magdalena & Karol)
• Nikodem (Natalia & Grzegorz)
• Hanna (Marta & Marcin)
• Nikodem (Magdalena & Krzysztof)
• Hanna (Sara & Karol)
• Antonina (Wioletta & Marcin)
• Gaja & Wiktor (twins, Martyna & Emanuele)
• Anastazja (Sabina & Grzegorz)
• Helena (Agata & Michał)
• Liliana (Wiktoria & Mateusz)
• Natan (Julia & Sebastian)
• Wiktor (Marta & Marcin)
• Amelia (Zuzanna & Janusz)
• Konstanty (Karolina & Michał)
• Nela (Dorota & Marcin)
• Łucja (Paulina & Daniel)
• Maksymilian (Katarzyna & Tomasz)
• Maksymilian (Edyta & Patryk)
• Julia (Danuta & Tae-ho)
• Zofia (Natalia & Mateusz)
• Ilias (Wirginia & Daniel)
• Klara (Nikola & Dawid)
• Liliana (Żaneta & Adrian)
• Jakub (Natalia & Paweł)
• Tymoteusz (Justyna & Tomasz)
• Ignacy (Justyna & Michael)
• Paulina (Adrianna & Rafał)
• Emil (Wioletta & Tomasz)
• Łucja (Natalia & Marcin)
• Hanna (Zuzanna & Grzegorz)
• Nikodem (Wiktoria & Patryk)
• Laura (Karolina & Adrian)
• Wiktoria (Aleksandra & Kamil)
• Kajetan & Maja (twins, Marta & Tytus)
• Filip (Maria & Piotr)
• Kaja (Angelina & Dawid)
• Lila (Dominika & Rafał)
• Ignacy (Żaneta & Jan)
• Amelia (Iwona & Patryk)
• Łucja (Marta & Łukasz)
• Beniamin (Agnieszka & Marcin)
• Luiza (Dominika & Bartosz)
• Jowita (Marta & Szymon)
• Wojciech (Małgorzata & Eryk)

I have a unique name that is hard for people to get right. It’s very specific to me, so I won’t say what it is exactly, but it’s like a more common name with some letters replaced. Imagine “Padyson” instead of Madison. Everyone hears and writes Madison, Patricia, Allison, pretty much any name that sounds remotely close.

I don’t like telling people what my name is. I work in retail and hate having to wear a name tag because of this. I don’t even like seeing it written down on my drivers license, bank cards or anywhere else.

I was ready to do an official change to “Penelope”, not the real name either. I like that it starts with the same letter, but is distinct from “Padyson”.

I got hesitant because it seems like so much paperwork and hassle to officially change it. It also feels so permanent and I’m afraid of regretting it, even though I think “Padyson” is a stupid name. A few people have told me that it isn’t so bad, or is even cool and interesting, so I’ve wondered if it’s just me who thinks it’s bad.

My state also requires you to publish the change in a newspaper. I’m afraid that anyone who googles the old name or new name will see that I’ve changed it and think I’m shady or weird.

So I’m trying to ask here, is it worth it to change my name or should I just live with it?

So I have 2 children and a 3rd on the way.

Our 1st is a boy and has 1 middle name that has a lot of meaning to both me and my husband.

Now our 2nd baby was also a boy, and from when he was born I was convinced I would have a 3rd baby at some point and that it would 100% be a girl so with that in mind we decided to give our 2nd boy 2 middle names one that has a lot of meaning to my husband and the 2nd is after my grandad as they share the same birthday it felt right.

Now I’m pregnant with our 3rd and final child and it is in fact a girl (I’m a genius I know 🤪)

But now I’m stuck between giving her just 1 middle name like our 1st or giving her 2 middle names like our 2nd.

We are going to give her the middle name after my husband Grandma as she passed away and meant a lot to my husband.

But I can’t decide if to have 2 middle names like our 2nd or just keep it as 1 like our first.

My husband is happy to do whatever and I have 3 names in mind to use that would all go with the 1st name we have picked and middle names we have picked.

Middle name will be Kelly. Would love to hear your thoughts!

Looking for an old fashioned girl name that goes with Scarlett Marie and Emily Mae

Alright - keep an open mind here. My wife and I are expecting our first child a week from today. We do not know the gender. We have a solid girl name but the boy name is up for consideration.

I am the III but we do not intend to carry on the “lineage” with Edward xxxx xxxxxx IV. However, we’d like to carry on the name in a more unique way.

Four Edward xxxxxx

We love it, then we question it. But feel our caution derives from how others will accept the name. Which we truly shouldn’t and don’t give a shit about. BUT we do not want to set our child up with a strange name to carry on to infinity and beyond…

Let’s hear it, folks. . .

My guilty pleasure boy name is Wulstan. It’s pronounced Wool-sten

Thoughts on this? What’s your first reaction?

To be specific, a few years ago, I made up a name for my character [ Esref ] for a fantasy setting and I only recently found out that it’s an actual name (Turkish). The issue lies in that my character is white, so I feel like that might spark some feelings. Should I change my character’s name or do you think it’s okay as long as I explain where I’m coming from?

Sorry if I’m not using the right flair.

We’re open to just about anything so throw them at me

So she's a Korean girl who's going to this camp that requires an English name. Her name is Sua Cho, which read in Korean sounds like choshua-so I tried calling her Joshua then almost got punched in the gut lol Anyway, she's intelligent and fiercely loyal, outgoing and energetic but at the same time has a quieter, more serious, darker side. She doesn't want a common or old-fashioned name, but also said no to a lot of unique names I suggested. So we have a problem - please help us out. Just comment any name that comes up into your head that might fit her, thanks!

I’m pregnant with my first (a boy), but I lost a pregnancy last year (also a boy) who I’d named with my favorite boy name. I’m thinking about what to call this baby, I’ve decided that I really like the name Benjamin (shortened to Ben); however, I have a first cousin who is currently in prison for some truly unspeakable crimes whose name is Benjamin. I am completely estranged from him and his family and my mom is estranged from his mom (her sister).

She is really uncomfortable with me using that name and is uncomfortable with how the rest of her family will react. My argument is that her association will quickly switch over to her first grandchild, not her nephew.

Of course, if it really would be strange for everyone else, I’d rather choose something else. Thoughts?

If I had a baby right now if it was a girl they be called Evangeline and if a boy they be called Fletcher

We're trying to decide on a middle name for our baby. When we got married I double barrelled my surname and he kept his as is. For the baby we've compromised on my surname as an extra middle name but I want her to have a normal middle name as well. Her name would be Lorelei middle name surnames sound like famous loft. Husband thinks most names when added to the mix sound like word salad all together.

Names we liked were: Briar (doesn't flow) Cora (neither of us love it) Edith (too old fashioned) Maeve (husband not keen) Verity (husband not keen) Willow (I'm not keen) Astrid (doesn't flow)

Are we overthinking this? Has anyone got any ideas we might not have thought of?

this list seemed like it was fun and useful to put together so here we go

amy
anthony
ashley
aubrey
audrey
avery
bethany
bradley
brittany
cassidy
cody
daisy
darcy
delaney
dorothy
emily
everly
felicity
finley
gregory
hailey
harley
harry
harvey
henry
ivy
jeremy
joy
kailey
kelly
kennedy
kimberly
lily
mallory
mary
molly
murphy
nancy
perry
presley
ray
riley
roy
ruby
stacy
stanley
sunny
sydney
tiffany
timothy
tracy
whitney
zachary

1. Emily and Hailey Wilson are expecting their third child/second daughter in January 2025. The baby will join older siblings Sonia Samantha and Leon Louis. They want their soon-to-be-born daughter to have a Danganronpa-related first name and a middle name that starts with the same letter as the first name.

2. Alina and Lars Anderson-Goldstein are expecting their third child/first son in May 2025. They already have two daughters named Dana Helena and Hanne Marion. They want their son to also have a Eurovision -related first name and middle name and would especially love it if one or both of them were related to Jewish or Scandinavian Eurovision singers.

3. Kelsey and Wyatt Brewer are expecting co-ed twins in March 2025. They already have a son named Romeo Aaron and a daughter named Olivia Miranda. They want their twins to also have Shakespeare-related first and middle names, however, the names CANNOT be too goofy or over-the-top.

4. Brianna and Tiffany Harper are expecting their fifth child/third son in February 2025. They already have 4 children named Asher Azure (who goes by Ash), Serena Violetta, Lucas Carmine, and Elesa Goldina. They want their son to have a Pokémon-related first name and a color-related middle name, however, the middle name CANNOT be related to ANY of the colors used for the middle names of their first 4 kids.

5. Logan and Steven Greene are expecting their third child/first daughter sometime in the spring of 2025. They already have 2 sons named August Dylan and Hunter Sage. Just like how their first 2 kids have names related to their birth season (summer and fall), they want their daughter's first and middle names to relate to spring.

Have fun!

Partner and I really love a name for our new baby girl - let’s say it’s similar to ‘Eleanor’ but nowhere near as popular. However, we are good friends with our neighbours and their family, and their son and daughter in law, (whom we are friends with but not super close), also just had a baby girl and have called her a nickname derivative of this name e.g ‘Ellie’ as a full name.

We had this name like ‘Eleanor’ on our list for a few weeks and were planning to call her by a different nickname anyway, but I guess there is a chance she will be called Ellie at some point.

I feel a bit uncomfortable going ahead and calling her this name now, we have another completely different name we are considering so could just go with that instead, but not sure if I’m just overthinking it and we should just go with our first choice? What would you do in this situation?

I wouldn’t call myself a drag king or queen, more like a drag thing. I’ve been struggling to find a drag name that really sticks and that is something that I like. My aesthetic is very much alien, clown core almost. Not traditional (if there even is traditional idk) drag. Any help?

i am struggling so bad finding a name for my baby boy. the middle name is 100% going to be scott. our last name starts with “M” so i don’t want any m names. i prefer unique but not weird names.

some of our top picks that feel too popular: beau, giovanni, bohdi, wesley

names i love but my hubby vetoed: silas, bellamy

i would love something with a good meaning and/or related to some book or media

PLS HELPPP

I’m open to choose names of ANY culture and any meaning but if it’s important, the baby’s ethnicity..(dad)is white/black and (mom) Asian.

The dad and I are no longer together and I’m STUCK on what to name the baby.. I really really love the names Charles if it’s a boy, but my child said no, that his new best friend who just moved here’s, name is Charles… and if it’s a girl, I wanted to name her Charlotte cause it’s similar to Charles BUT my ex that I really loved, his daughters name is Scarlette and its tooooo similar so I don’t feel comfortable with that anymore too :(.

So now I want to see more names that I can love.. pls help… I tried google and don’t feel connected to any new names yet. Ty

We’re having a baby girl and I’d like to name her after my late mother, Jennifer. Her middle name was Lynn, and we are considering this, but would like some other options! Thank you!

I am due with a girl in July. I have a son named Maxwell Lucas and a daughter named Fiona Marie. Middle name might be Grace but not 100% set in stone.

This is a list of names I like and husband doesn't hate. Curious which ones you like and if you have any other ideas. Thanks!

Cecilia

Clara

Daisy

Daphne

Emilia

Evelyn

Matilda

Ramona

Sabrina

Violet