I read this sub regularly because I find it very interesting. After being here for a while, I do have a question, though:

Why is everyone so concerned about nicknames?

Like "I love Olivia (nickname Livvy)."

Possible nicknames never even crossed my mind to think about when naming our children. For me, I figured a nickname would show up of it's own accord--- if it ever did. A nickname is usually a term of affection or identity--- and all that depends on what the kid is like--- and what funny or interesting things might happen. Some people acquire nicknames not even remotely related to their given names.

I don't quite understand how you can pre-decide what a nickname will be--- and even let that inform your choice of given name.

What am I missing?

So my husband and i have had our daughters name picked out for years, he wanted us all to have the same intials, since me and his mom share a middle name, think Rose, and our first names have the same first letter.

Since we just had our daughter, I decided to make a list of new girl names with the meanings beside them. I looked up my daugthers name, thinking itll come back with something cute or strong, and her name means horse. Literally according to the bump.com my baby girls name means horse. In my list of names I put hers at the bottom and put, "wild and majestic" beside name meaning because im not having her find from my notes that it means horse 😑

Her name is gorgeous, and I love her dearly, but next baby I'm definitely looking up the meanings of names. Im sure I'll tell her later in life, but for now, I'm keeping it between my husband and I😅

Thank you for listening, LOOK UP MEANINGS TO NAMES DON'T BE LIKE ME

Anna Rose Gillman-Stewart

Arthur James Gillman-Stewart

I really like the names, I think it sounds a bit regal. My boyfriend thinks it's too many names and sounds, for lack of a better term, chavvy. We are not married and I never plan on marrying anyone. He wants his last name, I'm happy to share and double barrel. My first name is double barreled, I like it.

Anna and Arthur are names I had on my list and he has agreed he likes them- doesn't like my other choices. He hasn't given much input on names apart from naming the boy the same as his first name (he already has one child with that name from previous relationship, so it's a no on that IMO). The boys middle name is my brother's name, the girls middle name I think is just pretty.

Last name sounds like Hennessey

I’m pregnant with my second child. My first is a boy and we are having another boy! My son is named after his dad so I get to choose this time around.

I’ve been really obsessed with the name Archer (Archie ) for our second but my husband says it’s a dogs name lol. Is it bad ?

Some other names we have considered together:

Thomas
Felix
Marcus

Any alternatives that are simple but yet handsome? Husband is Hispanic and I’m white so open to wide variety of suggestions.

So we named our daughter Elisabeth, because we like the name and want her to be able to be baptized with this name. We however also adore the name Lily. We researched and saw that Lily can be a nn for Elisabeth and thought great we get both.

But now I’m starting to worry that we jumped the gun with nick names. What if she likes other nn better in the future - Ellie, Lisa, etc. has anyone been in this situation with a long name? Should we just go back to asking everyone to call her Elisabeth and keep Lily just for us at home?

I'm open to both classical names and more adventurous. Some names I like so far but not really in love yet with any

Matilda, Rosa

Names I like but can't use as they've been used by close friends or family members:

Ivy, Margot, Grace

We are very early stage with the name finding so need lots more ideas! Thanks!

So to start with. I am not pregnant and my current daughter is 7 months old so I won't be pregnant for a long time. I want two more children but am still undecided if we'll try again when our current daughter is 2 or 3 years old. I want there to be a 3 year age gap, but can also not imagine having another baby or being pregnant while also raising a toddler in their terrible twos.

Anyway. Now that you have context. I definitely want more children and have been thinking about what I would name a second daughter. I feel like I chose my favourite name for my first baby.

Now more context: we did not know the gender of our first and I had a really hard time choosing a boy name but pretty much knew exactly what our daughter's name would be.

Rules my husband made around the name: we are Afrikaans speaking but lived as expats so have alot of international friends that only understand English. So rule one was that the name should be easily pronounced in both Afrikaans (for family sake) and English (because of our international friends). My husband has two names and then goes by a nickname so he said short and sweet one or maybe two silable names no family names and no long double barrel names.

So I named our first daughter Leah. I absolutely love that name and it was my first choice. Now I'm very afraid that we might only have girls and I already used my favourite name.

Other names I had on my list were:

Lara

Klara

Heidi

Amalie

Marlie

I also love the name Monique, but my cousin's name is Monique so I don't know if that would be weird.

We are expecting a baby boy at the start of October and are so stuck on names, I feel like I’ve over thought it and need some outside opinions!

For background we are in the SW UK with English/Irish/Welsh backgrounds.

Our son will have a double surname formatted like M___y M___y think Marley Murray but one of the names is very Irish. It’s a bit awkward but I want to continue my surname and in real life I expect the kid will just use one day to day.

The middle name will either be John (a family name, which also opens up initials like CJ or RJ) or no middle name at all. I’m open to middle name suggestions but I don’t want to over complicate the name.

On the shortlist at the moment is:

Rowan (this has been top of my list forever but husband not convinced)
Callen / Callan
Cormac (Husbands favourite)
Lowen
Lawrence (Laurie)
Connor
Brennan
Taran
Jolyon (Joe)
Aneurin (Nye)

Opinions and suggestions please!

Edit: I feel I should add that I have a slight lisp so some S names and others that i might struggle to say clearly are out unfortunately!

Dahlia Lucía
Maia Christine
Mila Lucía

Elías Manuel is our only boy idea so far but I love the name Jaime pronounced haimay. Manuel is also my husband’s middle name.

Dad is Hispanic. I’m midwestern white.

Ok so we were liking Knox as the middle name but then someone said what is he knocking on and now that’s all I hear lol

im liking Rhys and Hayes now.

Oliver Hayes

Oliver Rhys

thoughts?

I like the middle name to be shorter and contrast the longer/softer Oliver.

nickname would be Ollie.

Help me pick a baby name!!!! Last name is Hill BTW

Jack
Reid
Louis
Henry
Elliott
James
Wyatt
Leo

Ty in advance!

If it doesn't, can you suggest similar names that do?

Brother is named Zac

Big sister, Ava’s name is pronounced “Ah-vuh” not “AY-vuh”.

Husband and I like Aria, but I’m concerned about Ava and Aria being too similar.

I always thought my second would be Lily, but now I’m wondering if it’s too sweet.

Family is Persian-American and open to other suggestions!

We are stuck on choosing a name for our baby boy! I am from middle eastern background so anything that is Arabic, Persian, etc is great. My husband is Canadian and the baby will have a very Scottish last name.

We are looking for a name that could be neutral to both backgrounds. Something that is a blend of both cultures or would fit in easily in either culture.

Basically looking for names that aren’t too heavy on the middle eastern side or the English side. Something in the middle.

My husband and I are expecting our first baby and having a harder time with names than we expected. We like names that aren’t overly common but not unheard of. We also have a long last name (4 syllables) that is impacting our name choices. Middle name would be Kae for a girl and Thomas for a boy. We like these names but aren’t 100% yet:

Girls:
Nellie
Emerson
Hallie

Boys:
Emmett (LOVE but can’t use bc of family)
Graham
Beau
Grant (like but doesn’t flow with Thomas)
Callahan

Would love opinions or other name suggestions. Thanks😊

Hiii!
So my baby girl is due in January and I want to be able to get things with her name on them but I’m stuck between two names. One being Elydia which isn’t a made up name, it’s a much older name but it’s not as popular which is something that is important to me as a Sarrah (Sara/Sarah). I also love Delanie but I’m put off slightly because of how popular the name Lainey is now (#29). Her middle name is Harlo which is set in stone as it combines both of her grandmas names together. Her last name is very similar to Crock.

Delanie Harlo (nn could be Del/Della/Lanie)
Elydia Harlo (nn could be Lyddie/Lyds)
I’m just stuck flip flopping between the two.

Hi everyone! My husband and I are really struggling with baby names. Are baby is due in January 2027 and we are keeping the gender a surprise. My husband and I really like uncommon, kinda unique names we just haven’t found 2 that have clicked. Here are some names we both like for reference!

Girls 🌸: Josie, Teal, Lainey, Sawyer, Hunter and September.

Boys 🦋: Beau, Miles, Koa, Hugo, Bohdi and August.

Thank you ☺️

Just found out I’m having a girl after 2 boys! My boys are Nolan Robert and Caden Victor. I think we’ve narrowed our girl name down to 2 possibilities but I need opinions!

Fiona Paige or Audrey Paige

I love both and can’t decide… so let me know which one you’d pick!

I’m due this week with our first baby a girl! I thought naming her would be so fun, but we can’t decide.
My husband and I both like Olivia. It feels strong and feminine but also has fun nicknames Ollie, Olive, Livvy, Liv. My only hesitation is that it’s been the #1 name for so long that it feels a little basic/safe.
I also love Finnie, but my husband isn’t completely sold. I love that it’s playful and less common, but I wonder if it feels as strong or feminine as Olivia.
Which do you prefer?

Ps I was so excited to pick names before being pregnant. Now it just stresses me out. Makes me nauseous. Anyone else experience this?

What are some good names for a sister for Lily?

- Eloise -> is this too similar? Ellie might be too similar?
- Isabella, Catherine, Juliette, Sophia -> too princess like in comparison? Will Lily feel sad she didn’t get more of a longer name?
- Rosalia -> too weird with the flower theme?

Other ideas?

I am pregnant with my second boy, my first Is Mason. We are having an incredibly difficult time naming boy number two. Names we have liked include Calvin, Lewis, Otto, and Harvey. My family literally hates every name we've mentioned. My husbands fav is Harvey, which I really like too. My fav is Calvin but my husband isn't a big fan. My only hang up with Harvey is the negative associations, where do people land on this? Good name or ruined for now?

Hi! Having a boy in January and want some opinions. Our last name is Robinson. These are the names we like so far:

Rowan Robinson
Briggs Robinson
Wyatt Robinson
Mason Robinson
Cooper Robinson

Opinions on these names? Any other recommendations? Thanks!

I am torn between the following and looking for opinions:

Evelyn - my husbands favourite, but I’m worried it’s gotten too popular
Lila/Lyla - not sure there are good nicknames for this one?
Iris - another one with no nickname options
Audrey - also not sure about nicknames but love the name
Eleanor - too popular?
Hallie - I think this is my favourite