I'm trying to choose between two names for my daughter: Romy and Mina.

Which do you think would be the better choice?

i dont like my name and have always desired to change it. it holds no significance or sentimentality, so i feel no guilt for hating it, either. i love flower-related names like Blossom, Petal, Rosemary, Kalina, and Ivy, i would be happy to have any of these ♡

More specifically, is it safe to assume someone named Jack is legally named John? Asking to settle an argument lol.

So, originally I thought I was getting a boy, and chose the name Montana...my female maltipoo that I have is named Vegas...just to give yall an idea of the kind of names I lean toward lol

(She's a maltitzu for context)

I'm considering naming my daughter “Wilhelmina” (with “Mina” as a nickname), and was curious to hear what people think about it. I like the fact that it's a classic, timeless name with a bit of a royal, old-school vibe. But I wonder if it feels a bit too formal or dated for today's world?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

My girlfriend absolutely loves these names. What do you think of the boy name Augustus (nickname: Auggie) and girl name Aurora (nickname: Rory)?

I made an OC and called him Emile. I have almost all his information but I can't decide on a last name. Vincent is an option but I think it sounds more like a first name.

Emile is French and born 2005 so the last name should be french but not necessarily.

UPDATE: Thank yall for your submissions, I have decided on a last nane thanks to you <3

Hello all! I was hoping to get some input on everyone’s favorite names for boys. We have many girl names locked in but seem to be on opposite sides of boy names. One party likes what I call millennial classics; Aiden, Brady for example. The other has no idea but wants it to be unique but “real”? Any comment with a boy name will be helpful. Thanks.

So, I’m super into looking at baby names, always have been, and older names have always sparked my interest. Penelope and Poppy are two of my favorite names at the moment, however I was wondering if there were any other P names that I haven’t been able to find that match their vibe. Any help would be great!

My husband and I are trying to pick names. We have a potential boy name and it’s both of our dad’s middle names. How ever we can’t agree on a girl name. I’d like to name our daughter after his mom (Linda) in a way that’s similar to her name. I brought up a name like Linsey and my husband vetoed it. Are there anything other names that can be similar but not to common?

Any ideas on a boys name to go with the surname Torrington? Traditional or otherwise

Middle name also up for debate

My wife and I are trying to decide the spelling of our baby name. We’re pregnant with a girl and love the name, but are unsure of the spelling. For reference “wren” is the street we first lived on together.

The setting of the book is a world of talking animals. There are both rural and urban places in the world. The target audience is families. It is a light-hearted slice of life series of short stories with elements of friendship and comedy.

Okay, call me dumb all you want but alot of my life I never knew how to pronounce Persephone. I never looked it up because I always thought it was Per-seh-phone. And I like just Joe found out it’s per-sef-uh-nee😭😭

I’m 25 F my parents thought I was a boy for the entire pregnancy so my name was Cameron until very shortly after I was delivered. My first name is Leah and I absolutely hate it the older I’ve gotten the worse it feels. I hate introducing myself. I hate having to sign and say my name at work. I hate when I hear my name. But most of all I hate hating my name…

My mom was in a christian cult at the time and I genuinely despise the story of Leah in the Bible and its Hebrew meaning I think it’s super fucked up and sad. On the rare occasions people say my name (mostly people I don’t know well) I always feel like they’re talking about someone else and it takes my brain a moment. Whenever someone forgets my name I don’t blame them because I don’t think it fits me at all. I respond faster to my middle names especially in crowd. But I wouldn’t want to go by either of them. Both my middle names are super common but I’d never want to change them mostly because my late sister and I share a the same middle name. And in part because they’re a family on both my mother’s and father’s side. Another thing is my sister got a cool ass name my mom put a lot of time and effort into and straight up made while mine is so fucking boring… I’m definitely not the kind of person to make or ask other people call me a new name so I have no clue what to do. I love nicknames I only have one but only my bff calls me it on rare occasions. This is all first world problems I know I just wondered if anyone else has felt this way..?

Ps lol sorry to any fellow Leah’s out there. I love the name Leah for other people and I think it fits perfectly for most people. It just doesn’t feel right for me.

Hi there, i want to change my name and my surname but i still can't decide what is a better idea. I'm from a slavic country so I have some limitations because I want the name to be normally written in my national passport and in my international passport too. The options that I have:

Violetta Bennett

Terri Bennett

Terrill Bennett

Vivien Bennett

But as far as I know Terrill can also be a surname but... I think as a name it's better. But if it's cringe let me know please. So I want to know your opinion and mb some other ideas. Please explain your position and tell me if some of my options is too odd. Thanks!

I don't have kids and idk if I really want kids but probably not (not the point here) but I'm having baby fever and here are my baby names

If I had a girl

Saylor May

Sunny Lee

Penelope Camille

For boys

Dakota

Elden

Ezra

Ryder

(Middle names have to be the same to to my family promise for boys)

I need it for my main character of a story. He’s cute and sweet and innocent. High fantasy, but preferably something simple that isn’t just Nicholas.

so im polish on my paternal grandma's side I didn't grow up with that culture because my dad didn't directly raise me but I'm trans and I want to change my last name to something polish but I didn't know if it would be okay because I didn't grow up with that culture. I've spent time with that part of the family but they live in another state so it's not often (a week ish every summer)

let me know your thoughts and if you guys have any ideas

was wondering if anyone had any ideas of names which could work for both the French/Italian and the Irish sides of the family? The name would have to work mostly in French and Italian, so that probably rules out most traditional Irish names - but Catholic names would still work maybe? Unsure if the baby will be taking the Irish surname or the Italian (Italian side live in France) so pretty open to any first names right now

Here are some of the ideas I already had:

Angela -> but unsure how common it is these days - might be a bit dated? honestly prefer the nickname Angie, which could be cute, but don't know how it would go down in French pronunciation?

Madeleine/Magdalene/Maddalena -> again like the nickname Lena which could go as Italian nickname if I went with the French full name? But then not sure which spelling etc

Any suggestions welcome!!!! kinda desperate/worrying if you can't tell haha

I’m 36 weeks pregnant with a baby boy, and my husband and I have been absolutely in love with the name Bellamy for months. But quite a few family members hate it and say he will get bullied for it. Are they right? I’m kind of at a loss.

Is the name Dante considered an evil or devil related name?

This is the only boy name I like but then found there’s a book called Dantes Inferno, I don’t want my kid’s name to be associated with the devil.

Is that a thing with this name? Or am I just overreacting?

Pronounced Ay-vuh

Thoughts?

Which one you prefer and why?

Both are very beautiful to me but I prefer Margarita, BUT, I don't like much of the nicknames of the name. I also love Anastasia but I also don't like much of the nicknames so I wanted some suggestions.

I dont hate my birth name, but ive never really liked it, i go by a nickname that is completely unrelated to my birth name, i also have a chinese name from my mother. I would like some way to incorporate these three in my life somehow, legal changes are difficult and i can’t guarantee i wont want to change the nickname (though i have had it for 7 years now and i still enjoy being called it). I was wondering from people who have multiple first names, do you use both? only use the non-english name with that side of your family?

I think Lilith is a really pretty name. But due to its religious context, would it be disrespectful or even a bad omen to name someone that?

So I am a sucker for names, i am a writer so i like names for my ocs, dnd characters etc.

My bf and I are currently sort of in the process of creating names for our hypothetical family that we might have in the future if our relationship stays strong by the time we finish school. So I wanted to ask reddit what their opinions are about these certain name choices me and my bf agreed upon.

I am a I A & my boyfriend is a C A. We both have A middle names and my siblings from my father’s side also have A middle names.

I wanted to continue that route but maybe with a different letter in the alphabet. M. My surname initial is M so- this is good.

Our girl name is Rielle Mathilde: The first name is from a book I loved the name from, and the middle name is the middle name of my late grandmother.

Our boy name is Ignacio Montoya: This is a combination of Inigo Montoya (From the princess bride movie). I wanted an alternative to Inigo so I chose Ignacio, we then kept Montoya like the name is. We’ll give Inigo as a nickname. My bf loves this one

What do you guys think?

So I’ve decided no matter what, I want to be a father, and I don’t want to adopt, I want children via surrogacy, and if I have a son, there is a name I want to name my firstborn, son that I am really wanting to name him Even if whoever my husband is doesn’t like it, so I kind of don’t know what to deal with that, I want to name my firstborn son Orpheus(Orfeo is short version) after the legendary poet king and Greek hero, it is a combination of music and mythology two things that I love heavily and are my passions in life, I don’t wanna name my son or any of my kids simple names like John or Zack or anything, I also want to name my first born daughter Brunhilda, a very beautiful name, but I’m less dead set on that one and can be much more easily argued out of that one.

I know people might bring up bulling but if I can help it I will try to keep them out of public school or at least raise them to be tough enough to to not care what other kids thing, or at least not care that much.

what are your thoughts?