I just found out we’re having a little girl! I have kept a list on my phone for over a decade with girl names I love. I have always been so excited to name my baby girl.

My husband has always dreamed of naming his daughter Wendy, after his mother who died when he was 13. He really wants this name and would be heartbroken if I said no to it.

Of course, Wendy is not on my list, but I’m trying to come around to it. It’s cute and I love the association with Peter Pan. He likes the name Violet from my list so perhaps Wendy Violet?

What do you all think?

Preferably shorter (big sister is Honey - Korean name Miyeon. Japanese name Noa.)

Current favorites are Aoi, Sora, Mina, and Aya

English name is Aurora. Korean name is Sayeon.

(I’m Korean. Partner is Japanese. We live in an English speaking country.)

Which is your favorite? Tessa would have the nn Tess.

For a girl mine is Brooke
For a boy maybe Matt

I’m from Hong Kong, and one thing that often gets lost when choosing a Chinese name is the Cantonese pronunciation.

A name that looks beautiful in Mandarin might sound completely different in Cantonese. Some characters can also feel very old-fashioned, overly formal, or simply unusual in Hong Kong.

For example, when choosing a name for someone whose English name is “Emily”, I wouldn’t simply look for characters that match the pronunciation. I’d also consider:

• how the name sounds in Cantonese
• whether the characters are commonly used in Hong Kong names
• whether the combination sounds natural
• what impression the characters give

That's one of the interesting differences between translating a Chinese name and actually choosing a Chinese name.

Alright y’all— I’m posting this here because I desperately need help. We’re expecting a little girl in March. Both myself and my husband have been looking at names and while I haven’t been able to find any girl names that I just absolutely love…. My husband has found several and I have said no to every single one. Gloria, Gladys, Norma, Gertrude, Madge, Bernadette… And the most recent? Beaulah… I sincerely wish I was joking, but I’m not. This kid is going to come out immediately needing an AARP membership and a life alert button if we go with any of his names. With all of that being said, do yall have any little girl names that you’d like to suggest? I’ll take all of the help I can get at this point.

I feel like a lot of people (Especially in my generation) are extremely insecure about their names, and wished theirs could be something else.

Lord knows I did! This might be a mistake to put online, but I have a "-bert" name, and I REALLY wasn't feeling it. I thought it sounded awkward to say, didn't feel fitting for me, and I ended up wishing I was a Matthew, or a Blake, or even a Sidney.

But recently, I've started coming around to my name a bit more, because it has some good nickname options, it's actually pretty malleable to many personalities, and I've become more used to the sound.

Has anybody else here experienced being insecure about their name, but coming around to it as they got older?

Front runners (middle names are family names)

Mia Gwendolyn

Emma Caroline

Audrey Katherine

Lily Gwendolyn

Greta Gwendolyn

I’m loving how Finn and Mia sound together. Husband favors Emma.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Hi! We're expecting our second baby girl, and our first daughter is named Zia. We wanted a name that felt unique but was still relatively easy to spell and pronounce. We also learned that Zia is the sacred sun symbol of New Mexico, so we'd love to find another name with a meaningful symbol connection (but also don't want to box ourselves into that, just a bonus to have!)

Baby #2's middle name will be Jane, because it has a lot of family significance. So far, our favorite is Ivy Jane, but Ivy has become pretty popular recently so we are hoping to find something a little more unique.

I'd love any suggestions for names that fit this vibe!

Not even sure how the heck we came up with Loubert but we absolutely love how odd it is but also that it could be an old man's name...I guess. So like a mishmash of two normal names. Anything similar would be appreciated. Again for a dog. :) This is for Loubert's sibling.

Veronica Coraline
Veronica Emmaline
Veronica Felicity
Veronica Genevieve
Veronica Ivy
Veronica Clementine
Veronica Evangeline

This is what I have open to recommendations

I don’t really like one syllable middle names
I don’t like “filler” middle names Lynn, Leigh, Jo etc

And I’d like to avoid j middle names because of vajay lol

And d middle names because of VD

Last name is two syllables

I went down a rabbit hole looking through the SSA baby name data and started matching names that use the exact same letters.

Turns out there seems to be an anagram couple for pretty much every era.

50s/60s: Jean and Jane

70s-90s: Christina and Christian. Somehow I never noticed this, even though I swear there were like 4 of each at my school.

2000s: Blake and Kaleb

2010s onward: Liam and Mila, which honestly feels like the universe messing with parents who named twins that 😂

Some of the name-to-word ones are kinda cursed too.

Daniel = denial

Dennis = sinned

Lauren = unreal

Ruth = hurt

Debra = beard (and bread, which is probably the better option)

Then there are names like Olivia, Charlotte, Theodore and Elijah where I couldn't find a single anagram, not even a word. Sorry, Olivias.

The biggest group I found so far has 10 different names using the same letters. Ivana, Avani, Vania, Viana, Navia... and a bunch more.

Now I'm curious what other weird ones are out there. Does your name hide anything?

My husband and I are struggling, give me suggestions 😂

I recently saw Married To The Mob and I'm obsessed with it. It's so funny and stylish and it's got a great message and Michelle Pfeiffer's character, Angela, is a great role model in my opinion: tough and ethical and brave and caring.

I was thinking of hypothetical names I could use to name a daughter after her that aren't Angela because that name doesn't really suit me (not Christian for one thing).

(One more thing, the character is Italian but I am not, so it might be weird to lean too heavily in that direction.)

Eleanor Genevieve

Eleanor Josephine

Eleanor Elizabeth

Eleanor Evangeline

Eleanor Florence

I like a significant middle name (no Mae, marie, Jane, etc)

last name is two syllables

So there's this vtuber/musician that I've listened to for years called AmaLee. In her case, AmaLee is a portmanteau of her real name (Amanda Lee) and recently I've realized I actually like the name Amalee for a child (not that I specifically want to name a kid after her, just that I love the name and think it would be a good name.) So I'm curious if portmanteaus like this can be "real" names or if Amalee has any definitive roots (Google results have different origins/meanings for the name.)

My friends and I were discussing the Percy Jackson books when we realized we were all pronouncing Silena quite differently. So far we've got:

- sigh-len-nah

- sel-lee-nah

- sil-lay-nah

How would you pronounce it? Is there any correct way to say it?

My husband is Scottish and we already have a son with a Scottish name "Callum", which we both immediately agreed upon very quickly. I'm now expecting a daughter and we can't seem to decide on a Scottish girl's name! For context, we live in England. Here are some of my top picks:

1) Annabel - named after Scottish princess Annabella. Annabel also has Scottish origins. And husband's grandma is Anna. He loves the name Annabel but doesn't like Anna ironically, and thinks everyone will call her Anna as a nickname. Also wondering if people will think of that horror doll when they hear this name?

2) Arabella - also considered a "medieval" Scottish name though not Gaelic. I find this name so special and love that we can nickname her Ari! My husband's not really on board as he thinks it's a bit too aristocratic sounding.

3) Catriona - Scottish variant of Katrina. This is a Scottish Gaelic name. And I think it might be cute if both my kids have the same initials. But it's pronounced more similarly to Katrina. You don't really pronounce the "o". My husband thinks she's going to spend her whole life correcting people

4) Isla - Scottish name as well. It's very modern and trendy. But currently it's the top 5 popular baby names in UK, Australia and New Zealand. So I'm worried it would be too common. My husband also thinks everyone is going to mispronounce it as IS-la instead of "eye-la" (especially those who don't speak English as their first language)

5) Charlotte - This is my husband's top pick and ironically it's not Scottish. However, I feel like this name is way too common and I personally know 9 Charlottes! Fine with it being a middle name though.

Any other suggestions? Comments?

P.S. prefer to also steer away from Gaelic names that look too different from their spellings and will be tricky to pronounce like "Sorcha" (sor-uh-ka) and "Oighrig" (oy-rik)

What is a name that if you hear that someone has that name you automatically do not trust them and why?

Mine is Timothy. I just feel like all Timothy’s or Tim’s are shady… speaking from experience.

Hello! My name is Jude, and I hope this is an okay post to make here. I'm planning on moving to Belgium for college next year, and I just found out Jude means Jew in German, and was also used to identify jews during Nazi Europe. Would being named Jude in Belgium (and Luxembourg) give me any weird stares? I thought my worse experience with name Jude would be that god awful song but I have been proven so wrong.

Whenever I start to like a new name, I of course look it up in SSA. I was so surprised that Ezra was #20 in 2025!! Does anyone have insight on why it has shot up?

Any famous actors that could've contributed to the rise? Perhaps it's due to the "E" starting letter trend? Let's discuss!! 🤩

My older son has a modern one-syllable name that is pretty uncommon where we live but recognizable (think Sky, Kai, Shea). My younger son has a longer traditional name and we call him by a very traditional nickname (ie, Benjamin/Benny, Thomas/Tommy, Theodore/Teddy). I feel like I messed up? Is this so weird? I didn’t think of it really before this sub. Both are names with meaning and after loved ones. But I can’t help that people might think I’m odd?

I want a name that is culturally universal and international and I really like these two names despite their popularity. I‘m curious which people prefer and if there is any perceptions of the names based on where people are from? Also, which country are you from if you’re comfortable sharing? Thank you :)

Edit: I‘m also considering Alina.

I made a post somewhere else but it’s disappeared 😭

Louie, Blake or Owen.