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A place to discuss and share information about names.

The names reddit:

Have you ever been shocked/appalled/fascinated when you have encountered a child with a truly unusual name (celebrities seems to specialize in this. Moxie Crimefighter? Pilot Inspektor? Apple?)?

Do you follow the annual SSA lists of popular baby names and hope your favourite doesn't climb the charts?

Do you have a child on the way and a naming dilemma?

This is the place to discuss all things related to names!

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Nicknames?

Nicknames for the name Guinevere ?

2 Comments
2024/04/15
00:44 UTC

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Middle Names

Our baby is due this week and we don’t have a middle name picked. We have 8 “maybes” but nothing is jumping out at me.

The only names I have positive reactions to are Jade and Sage. However, we know people in our lives with those names.

I’m starting to think that a one-syllable name that ends and begins with consonants is the best for the overall “flow”.

Would love other suggestions!

2 Comments
2024/04/14
15:29 UTC

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How to Pronounce This Name.

How would you pronounce the made up name: Nicholias?

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0 Comments
2024/04/14
06:34 UTC

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angelic/ethereal/celestial sounds girls names?

looking for girls names

3 Comments
2024/04/14
04:10 UTC

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Need a name for a industrial cleaning business, any suggestions please?

I'm starting a business but can't come up with a business name Help me please

5 Comments
2024/04/12
09:10 UTC

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Name pronunciation

How would you pronounce laurelle? I like it but would want to pronounce it like Laurel or law rl Carl with an L if that makes any sense.

2 Comments
2024/04/11
15:13 UTC

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Which baby girl name do you prefer?

Selah Grace will be the middle name (Selah pronounced “say-lah”), but we are trying to find the right first name to go with it. Please vote below or share suggestions in the comments for other similar feminine, biblical, or shorter first girl names. Thank you!

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4 Comments
2024/04/11
04:04 UTC

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A name I’m in love with

I’m an odd duck according to most 🤷‍♀️ as for kids, I don’t know if I will have children but if I do and it’s a girl I’ve chosen her name and no one can convince me otherwise. I love the name ‘Andromeda Rose (last name here)’. The Andromeda Galaxy is the one I find most beautiful and I love roses and I’m a Doctor Who fan. Just felt like sharing…

2 Comments
2024/04/11
00:29 UTC

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Origin of the Surname "Acquaire"

I come from a predominantly Italian family on both sides, however my paternal grandfather's family came from France and bear the surname "Acquaire" which is my surname. It's extremely uncommon and I can find little about it online. I always thought that it sounded a lot like the surname "Aguirre" which from my research is a Basque surname. Could my surname be anglicization of Aguirre? When I did a 23&Me I had around 10% Spanish and Portuguese, I wonder if perhaps that's a clue. Thanks for anyone who can give me any info!

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2024/04/08
20:18 UTC

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Girls Names that I love, opinions?

Our surname is one syllable.

Avery Juniper

Ella Lucia

Elliott Eden (Ellie for short)

Harper Rose

Ember Addison

Callie Isabella

(From the UK)

2 Comments
2024/04/07
20:01 UTC

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Why do people dislike the name lilly?

Im always wondering why people prefer lily over lilly, people say that they think people named lilly have ilitirate parents

But why?

Why do people think it HAS to be lily?

I think that lilly is nice, i find that lily visually looks too small idk why and i find that ehen writing lilly it can be more expressive with the double L,

I am a trans woman and i have a silly reason for choosing my name lilly, i chose it because my sister had a friend that came out as trans called lily, and i had been thinking about calling myself lily for a while, but I didn't want my sister to go "oh are you copying my friend?" As well as trying not to confuse her so i added another L

This was over 3 years ago... And i am finding now that some people just seem to hate the name, and i want to know why, what is wrong with it?

13 Comments
2024/04/07
18:57 UTC

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I’m making a new yt channel

Hiya, so I’ve been thinking about making a new yt account for posting my ai music and I can’t think of a channel name at all… I was wondering if I could get some help 😅 thank you all so much

0 Comments
2024/04/07
17:56 UTC

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Initials for baby name?

My husband and I are debating baby names for our soon to be baby boy. My husband wants to name the baby JJ, just the initials J J. It will not be short for anything. Was wondering if this is an acceptable name for a child or what peoples thoughts are on it as a name.

3 Comments
2024/04/07
01:20 UTC

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Would Alyxia work as a good name?

Hi, I’m currently trying to find a name to suit me for my gender transition and the name Alyx keeps catching my eye. Would Alyxia work better as an actual name or would Alyx work fine? I worry I shouldn’t pick either as when I brought the name Alyx up to my mother she made fun of it even though she’s supportive of my transition.

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2024/04/06
03:46 UTC

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I heard the worst name for a child today

Some idiot parent named their poor child Sinderella! WTF do they think she will experience in the name of bullying as she gets older and tries to get into college and a job? Come on parents- think just a little before naming your children!

5 Comments
2024/04/05
23:41 UTC

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Considering changing name to Miko

Hello! I’d love to hear opinions on this: My name is Michael. Most of my life people have called me Mike. My sibling would call me Miko as a childhood nickname. My (now) wife calls me Miko after learning of it being an old nickname. It’s become so familiar again, I’m considering changing it.

What are your thoughts? Any negative connotations?

1 Comment
2024/04/04
16:09 UTC

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What Name Should I Pick?

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2024/04/04
14:45 UTC

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English name

My original name translates to a very English name (i.e., Jake) but it bears no smiliarity to the translated name. However, if you look at the history of it the translation exists. Should I begin introducing myself as the name in which the translation exists for that language?

For example If my name was Pedro should I introduce my self as Peter. Keep in mind my actual name (which I'm not actually using here) doenst even start w the same letter as it's translation.

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2024/04/04
12:32 UTC

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Need names for mental health staff team

We have a team of support workers, nurses, managers etc who work with 16-25 years old who struggle with their mental health, but within a community setting. We want a funny name to call the staff team, instead of just ‘staff team’

some names we have thought of so far:

  • The Caffeine Cartel
  • The permission police
  • The vampire squad (nightshift workers)

We want them as funny as we can find, the residents are desperate to find something fun to call us 😂😂

Any ideas???

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2024/04/04
10:16 UTC

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Any help with finding a good nickname for my girlfriend?

Here’s some information to go off of. Her names Brayden, she has the voice of an angel I swear, with that she’s got a scholarship for singing and she’s absolutely amazing at it. A nickname she’s been called before is Mary, I feel like that could help. Could anyone help?

6 Comments
2024/04/04
00:55 UTC

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Old West Female Names with Masculine Nicknames

I'm looking for name ideas for a female character, the names have to be from the Old West time, 1800s. The story is set in the Old West. The names have to have a masculine Nicknames, like Samantha to Sam (I can't use that name though). She was originally going to be called that but I have another character that goes by Sam. I don't have a personality for this character yet, but she does go by the masculine nickname more than her name.

5 Comments
2024/04/03
20:47 UTC

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Nickname for Evelyn

Evy (pronounced Eh-vee) or Evie (pronounced Ee-vee)

4 Comments
2024/04/03
19:38 UTC

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Usernames for a "Mac"

Can I have help deciding my username? My name is Mac and I'd like that to play a part in it! Thanks

1 Comment
2024/04/03
05:42 UTC

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