We ended up calling him Cheesecake which I sometimes think is a little too cutesy/silly. We actually registered him as Cozy, which I think I'm starting to like more? But I'm still not feeling it. I mostly end up calling him pooch or poochy. We struggled SO hard to choose a name for him.

What do you think - Cheesecake? Cozy? Cheese? Go crazy and rename him entirely?

Hiya folks!

I’m 30 weeks pregnant with an as-yet gender unknown baby. I had been set on the name “Tamsin” for a girl, or “Tamlin” (nickname for both is “Tam”) for a boy since before even falling pregnant. However, someone just told me that there’s a character in a prominent smut series with the name of Tamlin. Not knocking the genre, but not sure if I want to saddle a kiddo with that association…

So, I have 2 question:

1. Any other boy names that could still go with the nickname Tam?

2. I knew of the name Tamlin as an old-fashioned name referencing the ballad of Tam Lin (obviously this is where madame Maas got the name too). I still love the name and may go ahead with it. Do you think of the name or the character when you read it? Would you still go ahead with it?

Basically the title. I originally wanted to name my daughter Vienna, but due to the sausage association and criticism I received for that- I decided not to.

My baby is due in 12 weeks, and has had like 10 different names we’ve off/on assigned to her. My husband loves the name Kylie, and I agreed to it. Deep down I don’t love the name. My whole family loves it and was dismayed when I suggested changing it again.

I’m a fan of the V names, and I really like:

-Vanna -Vanessa -Violetta

Husband and family don’t seem to like these. Should I just stick with Kylie? I really don’t know anymore 😫

I’m having a daughter very soon and I want to name her middle name after a cousin of mine who was shot and killed when she was 16 , about 20 years ago. It was obviously a huge deal and only boys have been born in the family after.

She was Israeli (please no politics right now I beg you) and had an Israeli name. It was pronounced sha-ked. But in English it could be spelled like “shaked”. And I’m sure everyone would pronounce it like something shook. Like a Milk shake. I could spell it shaqed. Idk if that sounds right either.

Her first name will be Olive. And the last name is two syllables. I just don’t wanna give her some name that would come over weird in the states.

Any opinions?

This can also go for people who have children with unisex names! I’m curious to your experience because me and my husband love unisex names, but we’re worried our daughter will grow up and be bullied/picked on too much.

Thank you!

So far I like Valentina, Valena, Valani and Valya. What are your thoughts on these names and which is your favorite? I want to stay away from common/place names like Valerie and Valencia. Any other name suggestions would also be appreciated!

I have a 3 week old girl. Our top name contenders were Halle and Romy. Originally I wanted to use Romy as a nickname for Rosemary, but I decided that was a bit much with the middle name (Margaret). We were planning to choose her name after she was born. So at the hospital we had visitors just overstaying their welcome and we didn’t get to talk about it much. We ended up choosing Halle. Already she has been called Hailey 3 times, including by her father who knows Halle is not Hailey. I had kinda had my heart set on Romy but I was unsure if it works as a stand-alone name. And I worried it would be confused for Remi. Now Halle is being confused anyway. So I am considering changing it to Romy while she is still young enough we don’t have to petition the courts or whatever.

Any opinions here?

My wife and I are due in October, and are highly considering Stevie Ann. We wanted her to have a full version if she so chooses, but just don't like Stephanie at all. Will she resent us for not having a full version as she gets older?

Hey,

My partner and I (Danish and German) are expecting our first child. While the girl name was easy sailing, we really struggle with boy names.
We want something that is not super common and works with our Danish and German origins - while also not being too "out there" for international use.

Any ideas appreciated! :)

It’s the Turkish version of the name “Zainab” so I was wondering if it reminded too much of the original version and therefore sounded like a Muslim name? Curious to hear your thoughts.

What do yall think about the name Clementine?

Hey! My friends are expecting a boy. The wife is from China originally, husband from the US, and they’re hoping to find a boy’s name that is an English name but also has a sound-alike in Chinese for a Chinese name. She said her Mom’s name in Chinese sounds like Susan, so that was a really easy double name, and they’re hoping for something similar for a boy. They like classic names like Henry, Theo, James, John. I have no experience w Mandarin names whatsoever but my friend doesn’t have Reddit so I said I’d post for her 😊 thanks in advance!

I saw a TikTok recently about a mum who named her baby after a character from The Vampire Diaries, but it wasn't an obvious name from fandom, like how Hermione is associated with Harry Potter.

I'm curious if people are willing to share if they have done the same?

I'm adding to my baby name list; but have named my dog Bellatrix.

So my partner and I are working on names. We want a N name for a boy but we want it easy to pronounce for both our Hispanic and white family members. We settled on a girl name but we are stumped on a boy name

I stumbled across a TikTok of a woman reading out a list of dog names from a book written in the 15th century. I found the same list and today I will present to you my favorites.

• Argument

• Archere

• Bragged

• Beste-of-all

• Boleyne

• Cannonne

• Chalenge

• Dredefull

• Dyane Dowble

• Filthe

• Go-bifore

• Garlik

• Kynnysman (?????)

• Lwfkyn (???)

• Nikole

• Organ

• Pawlyn

• Pilate

• Pretiboy

• Quarell

• Stalkere

• Sexteyne

• Sloote

• Harlet

have a newborn and have been unable to come up with a name during the pregnancy however are both in agreement that we love both of these names. We can't however decide which one to go with.

We would be pronouncing Aurelia aw-rey-lia and likely nickname of Raya or Ari.

Magnolia would have a likely nickname of Mags, Maggie or Nola.

Husband and I have pretty much decided to name our daughter (due in 7 weeks), Robin. We are from Australia and it seems that most female Robins are spelt Robyn - which we don't like so much. Given that it's a little on the masculine side in our opinion, we're looking for a softer middle name. Our last name starts with M :)

This is totally random lol im not pregnant right now but I’ve always said that if I have a second daughter her name would be Amelia. And I still love that name. But now Violet and Lily are starting to compete with it lol. My firstborn’s name is Aurora btw. Which ones would sound better with her name, Violet or Lily? Or should we just stick to Amelia?

Hi!
I am wondering which you like better. My husbands fave name or mine! This is for our baby daughter.

The names are;

Marlo

Johanna (pronounced Jo-hannah) and nickname is Joey

Thoughts?

Hey all!

Help us pick!! We are between 2 names for our baby girl and we could use some help. We also have 0 middle names. She is due in august and so we still have some time, but boy is this stressful.

The two names we have in mind are:

Norah Lawson or Aubrey Lawson

(Lawson being the last name)

Which would you choose and what middle name would you pair with it?

Hi guys!, I hope everyone is doing well.

Me and my two partners are going to launch our sleep-mask brand soon and we were thinking about possible names; we'd like to go for a sort of Spanish/Italian/french-derived wordplay that connotes luxury; here are some names we are thinking about going with-

1.Dormona

2.Harmonica

3.Hermonica- this would be a little easier to trademark and get a professional domain for.

We also thought about these names: -Calmonia -Calmaven -Calmore -Serena

If you have any suggestions or ideas for us, please let me know; we are annoyingly scrupulous and circumspect about choosing a name.

Hello all,

Living in France with my French partner who has been pretty stuck on the first name of Liam. I like the name itself but ( my only concern is how very popular it has become back home) I’m not going to push back much more considering the fast approaching due date and the fact that I pretty much picked our first born’s name. The hard part for us is to find names that have at least nearly identical pronunciations in both French and English. Another reason for the concern of commonality is because of how many people share our last name (King).

Looking for easy pronunciation, unique and good full name flow. ( Or if you have a gem that can usurp Liam. )

Liam ________ King

Thanks all!

Hi all, my husband and I are expecting our second baby in less than 3 months and cannot find a name. My husband has a huge family and they all carry the same last name, which limits the names we can use. We truly feel all good names have been taken already.

Names we like, but not love: Jesse, Milan, Jack, Niels, Thijs Names we like very much, but are already taken: Alexander, Max, Lukas Names that are not international enough: Maarten, Arne

We are looking for a name that is easily pronounced in English, but still has a Dutch/Flemish character. His sister is Juna.

Please help!

I’m hoping the community might have some ideas that we haven’t thought of yet!

I am 36 weeks with boy #2. My toddler is Alexander William. We have no idea what to name this baby. It took 7 months last time to agree on a name!

Ideally it would be a name that goes well with his brother, is a longer name that has an easily shortened nickname, and is classical related but not obviously so (so many Ancient Greek / Latin names for girls aren’t obvious but I don’t find that to be the case for boys!).

It’s further complicated by the fact that we can’t use quite a few names (Benjamin, Leo, James etc) as friends or family have used them.

Any ideas?

not weird like pasta lol, i mean clementine, Alfie, clair (like eclair), Madeline

Hi! I'm agender & trying to pick a new name. I'm quite involved with the punk scene in my city & I really enjoy writing songs and novels and painting, as well as urban exploring & stuff like that. My name options right now are Fox, Bandit & Jade, though I'm completely torn between all of them. Which one do you think works best, and which surname would go well with it? For the record, I'm completely open to new suggestions!

Ok, so we’ve finally narrowed down our short list to 3 names. Hailey, Everly and Riley. At least these are the only 3 that me and my husband have been able to agree with. However, I’ve always loved the name Delilah. I think it’s sounds so pretty. But of course, the name comes with some controversy. My husband can’t seem to get past the whole Samson and Delilah story from the Bible and he is very religious but I’m not. He’s afraid everyone will think of the antagonist from the Bible when they hear it. Hailey is hubby and I’s favorite from the other 3 names and Riley close second. So what do you guys think of these names? Which is your favorite?

I already made a list for the girl names. and I finally had ime to get the boys!

• Aarthur
• Adriellethomas
• Anchor
• Aquarius
• Bellamyjames
• Benchmark
• Blessed
• Boy
• Brainy
• Briggly
• Charming
• Chaos
• Chryst
• Cloud
• Crazy-Horse
• Gemini
• Gimli
• Hendrixxavier
• Jesse-James
• Jyxer
• K
• Ludacris
• M.
• Mercules
• Mighty
• Nightsong (Personal favourite)
• Prime
• Ricqui
• Sincere
• White-Cloud
• Wealth
• Wynn-Fortune
• Xxx

And as a special note for those that saw my female names post, there is also a Kathysboy so it looks like Kathy had twins!

So this is my first son and I'm due in 8 weeks... I can not for the life of me pick a name for him, this is harder then I thought it would be. So far I have a few that I like but my family hates all of them.. and it doesn't seem to matter what name I come up with I get a " yuck " or " that's ugly " or " that's old "... I'm actually starting to feel sad about it anyway here are the names that I have so far - Caspian Wesley Axl Wyatt Everett Emmett Owen George Serj Buddy Oscar Gus

I'm more drawn to the "old fashion" names :)

I’m trans and picking my new name and I’m leaning towards Cassidy. It would’ve been my name if I was a cis female and I think I’m gonna go for it :)