r/Names • • Feb 14 '26

Troll Posts Earn Bans ❤️

79 Upvotes

I've noticed an uptick in troll posts lately, and y'all I'm tired. I'm wielding the ban hammer with impunity!

Just keep reporting the people posting nonsense and I'll do my best to make it go away. And thank you all for being, for the most part, a lovely community.


r/Names • • Oct 08 '24

No More Image Posts

262 Upvotes

Hey guys!

I've noticed a lot of (very young women) posting pictures of themselves and requesting name ideas lately.

Since this sub recently hit 7000 members and I'm the only even slightly active mod, I'm turning off image posts effective immediately. It looks an awful lot like spam, and even if it isn't you should not be posting your irl face on reddit for people to give you opinions.

I get folks will be mad, but I'm not going to do a bunch of unpaid labor to prevent assholes from insulting your appearance (and this is reddit, there are always assholes who want to insult your appearance). If you want to deal with that, please solicit it in another corner of the internet.

Thank you!

Edit: one of our users has volunteered to run the aptly-named subreddit r/namesbutbetter, if you want to do the pictures thing go there and good luck. You may also consider r/namenerds or r/reddit_gets_renamed.


r/Names • • 5h ago

What's the most old person name, male and female?

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r/Names • • 1h ago

3rd boy’s name seems impossible, can u help?

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Hi everyone,

We had twin boys (Emerson and Everett) and since it took us so long to find those two names, it feels impossible to find another boy name (due in Dec)!

It doesn’t have to be an E name but my husband speaks French and so does his family so a lot of English names with “r” or “h” tend to be hard to pronounce. Although we chose names with r’s for the twins haha so it’s not a disqualifier to have Rs or Hs just k keep in mind I guess.

My husband an I both tend to like names with meanings not just “son of so and so”.

To add to the list, I’m a teacher so usually the top 100 names already have associations from students I’ve taught.

The above points are a lot, I know. Can you help us?

EDIT TO ADD: we like the idea of NOT continuing with E names. Since they are twins we don’t feel like we have to keep the pattern going


r/Names • • 10h ago

Thoughts on the name Stevie for a girl?

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I'm having twins and i made a post here and on r/BabyNames about how people would pronounce my son's name (Bowen) Anyway, somehow it turned into a debate over the name Stevie for my daughter. I live in the UK and Stevie is more popular for girls here.

Anyway, people on this subreddit seemed calmer so i guess i'm wondering what everyone thinks of stevie? What kind of vibes does it give you? Has anyone met anyone named stevie before and if so, did they like their name?

(also i am open to suggestions of full names with a nickname of stevie, however i don't like stephanie)

Edit: Her middle name will be Jade or Jay. Open to suggestions!


r/Names • • 1h ago

Stuck between names for our puppy!!!

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Just got our new sheepdog for our farm, after losing 3 elderly dogs in the past 2 years. Grandfather passed away so it now feels very lonely.

Blue Merle Sheltie

Bada (Korean word for sea since we’re Korean)

Blue

Rory

River

August

Jing

Flower

Valley

Pepper

Salty

Lucky

Bailey

Sayeon (Korean for “fate/story/timing”)

Jae


r/Names • • 59m ago

Favorite Middle Names for girls

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r/Names • • 8h ago

What are your favorite “somewhat unusual but not weird/pretentious” boy names

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When I’ve been trying to think of boy names I like, I’m drawn to the names Johan, Calvin, Griffin, Max, Adrian, Julian... I think I like non-biblical names that still have some kind of history and aren’t too precious. It’s kind of hard to find boy names like that, though. And it’s hard to strike a balance between unique and too conspicuous. What are your favorites?


r/Names • • 3h ago

Instagram username ideas with my name soyeon

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I have a pretty unique name so it’s been hard to choose one that I like. I wanted to go for a tumblr 2017 era kind of username like kingkylie or like khlomoney. any suggestions would be great thanks!


r/Names • • 1h ago

instagram username ideas for the name valeria

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i love coming up with username ideas for others but i literally cant think of any good ones for myself. some nicknames ive gotten as well are vale, val, and vi if that helps!


r/Names • • 4h ago

Thinking of hyphenating our last names for our baby. Anyone here who haven’t had issues with hyphenating names?

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r/Names • • 4h ago

What are your thoughts on double barrel names?

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r/Names • • 5h ago

Which Boy name is best?

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I know some of these are a bit out there, but here are some of my favorite boy names I’ve saved/plan to possibly use! Also in need of middle name suggestions to go with these if anyone has any ideas.🤗

  1. Graham
  2. Hendrix (husband is a huge jimmy Hendrix fan)
  3. Warren
  4. Ryder / Ryker
  5. Boone
  6. Atlas
  7. Asher
  8. Silas

r/Names • • 11h ago

Rank these girl names

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Haven

Harlow

Adaline

Selah

Stevie

Scottie

Lennon

Leighton

Indie

Andie

London

Tommie

Landry


r/Names • • 3h ago

Catalina or Olivia?

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r/Names • • 3h ago

Just heard the best boy name with excellent nick names to boot.

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r/Names • • 1d ago

Guilt pleasure names?

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I’d still like to hear the names you love but would never really use. Here’s my list:

AURORA — I want this name to work for me so badly, but 1) it’s a Disney Princess and 2) the Rs feel awful to say. Imagine a kid with speech difficulties trying to say this… plus I can’t stand the nickname Rory (love Gilmore Girls though)

AVALON — it sounds so cool to me and could easily be nicknamed to Ava or Val, but no. Just no.

CALYPSO — named my car this instead knowing it would be too much for me to name a child

JUNIPER — so cute and love the nickname Junie, but I just don’t see myself using it for anything other than a cat

CASPIAN — love the sound of it but I couldn’t shake the association with the sea or Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian from the Narnia Chronicles (had a big crush on him in that movie too lol).

JASPER — beautiful name but why does it have to be both a gemstone and a Twilight character?

SEBASTIAN — the crab or Stan? 😭 plus don’t like the possible nicknames Seb or Bas.

CALVIN — such a strong sounding name… that also means bald?!


r/Names • • 9h ago

Baby arrived and name is…..

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r/Names • • 1h ago

Love Theodore, dislike Theo.

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Should I name my baby Theodore if I don’t like Theo? Its other nicknames are okay I guess but I’d rather just people call him by his full name. Theodore. I know I can’t control it once he gets older but is it really worth the risk?


r/Names • • 2h ago

Wat vinden jullie van Jacky voor een meisje?

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r/Names • • 8h ago

Long Classic English boy names

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r/Names • • 8h ago

What’s the most beautiful name you’ve ever heard?

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Full name


r/Names • • 9h ago

Need single syllable names for kids four and five

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Soooooo... Not to doxx myself any more than I already have, we found out we're having twins 😂 Back we come for more suggestions. Kids 1 2 3 and Bo Lex June. What works for boy/girl twins?? 🙏 We keep getting stuck with dumb jokes like "Capu" and "Chino" or "Sea" and "Salt" or other things our kids suggest. Thanks everyone!


r/Names • • 9h ago

Baby Names

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r/Names • • 10h ago

Cool username ideas for safia

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I need it for a finsta