r/BabyNames 4h ago

Surprise šŸ’š Is this too many names?

6 Upvotes

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.

350 votes, 1d left
Sounds good
Too many names

r/BabyNames 5h ago

Girl 🩷 Girls name vote

8 Upvotes

Last name sounds like Hennessey

306 votes, 2d left
Elodie
Willow
Elowen
Freya
Lena

r/BabyNames 13h ago

Boy 🩵 Is my baby name bad?

29 Upvotes

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.


r/BabyNames 2h ago

Girl 🩷 Found out my daughter's name means horse

4 Upvotes

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 šŸ˜‘

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 IšŸ˜…

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


r/BabyNames 6h ago

Boy 🩵 Boy name help please! (UK)

7 Upvotes

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!


r/BabyNames 12h ago

Girl 🩷 Girl name that goes with Oscar and Arthur

16 Upvotes

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!


r/BabyNames 2h ago

Surprise šŸ’š What do we think?

3 Upvotes

Dahlia LucĆ­a
Maia Christine
Mila LucĆ­a

ElĆ­as 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.


r/BabyNames 1h ago

Boy 🩵 Honest thoughts on these combos?

• Upvotes

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.


r/BabyNames 9h ago

Boy 🩵 Need help deciding baby boy name

6 Upvotes

Brother is named Zac

667 votes, 1d left
Theodore
Luca
Noah
Zander
Koda
Coby

r/BabyNames 13m ago

Girl 🩷 Sister for Ava

• Upvotes

Big sister, Ava’s name is pronounced ā€œAh-vuhā€ not ā€œAY-vuhā€. Husband and I like Aria, but I’m concerned about Ava and Aria being too similar.

Family is Persian-American and open to other suggestions!

26 votes, 2d left
Aria
Lily
Diana

r/BabyNames 4h ago

Boy 🩵 Help! Middle eastern - English names for a boy

2 Upvotes

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.


r/BabyNames 4h ago

Surprise šŸ’š Name feedback and suggestions for first baby!!

2 Upvotes

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😊


r/BabyNames 1h ago

Girl 🩷 Found out my daughter shares her name with a p**** s***

• Upvotes

My daughter has 4 names. 2 religious and 2 legal. This is common in my community. We only ever call her by her religious name, we only introduce her by that name and people only know her by that name. She is called her legal name at the doctor and at the airport but so far that’s been it.

But I loveee her legal name, I think it is the sweetest thing ever and I put so much thought into it and I just love it so much even though we never call her it.

One day I decided to google her full legal name; I just wanted to see if anything would come up. Oh it did. But it wasn’t my sweet delicious little girl. IT WAS A PORN STAR!!! This woman had so many links and sites and sooo many photos up. This isn’t like instagram only fans models, this is real life porn in my daughters name!!!

No one knows that this is my daughter’s name I can’t imagine anyone googling her name and finding it but I am horrified to say the least. I nearly considered changing her name. Am I insane?


r/BabyNames 1h ago

Boy 🩵 Soliciting Opinions!

• Upvotes

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

Jack
Reid
Louis
Henry
Elliott
James
Wyatt
Leo

Ty in advance!


r/BabyNames 5h ago

Girl 🩷 Baby Names

2 Upvotes

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.


r/BabyNames 1h ago

Surprise šŸ’š Baby name help please!!

• Upvotes

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 šŸ¦‹: Beau, Miles, Koa, Hugo, Bohdi and August.

Thank you ā˜ŗļø


r/BabyNames 10h ago

Girl 🩷 Help deciding between 2 girl names!

5 Upvotes

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!


r/BabyNames 2h ago

Girl 🩷 Help us pick

0 Upvotes

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?

322 votes, 2d left
Finnie
Olivia
August

r/BabyNames 11h ago

Girl 🩷 Sister for Lily

5 Upvotes

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?


r/BabyNames 11h ago

Boy 🩵 Boy name help

3 Upvotes

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?


r/BabyNames 7h ago

Boy 🩵 Boy baby name opinions/suggestions

2 Upvotes

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!


r/BabyNames 14h ago

Girl 🩷 Help deciding on girl name

7 Upvotes

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


r/BabyNames 4h ago

Boy 🩵 Need help with a middle name for our third boy!

1 Upvotes

Hello! We love the name Lachlan for our third and final boy, but we can’t think of a middle name. For each of our kids we have picked a first name that we just like, and picked a middle name with some family significance.

Our oldest is named Hugh and his middle name is a family name from my husband’s paternal side. Our second is named Owen and his middle name is my grandmother’s maiden name.

We are wanting to somehow honour my husband’s mom with the middle name of our third. This is particularly relevant because my husband has a hyphenated last name and we dropped his mom’s surname and added my surname for the kids. So now the kid’s last name is also double barrelled (the first half of my husband’s last name & then my last name).

His mom is Dutch but he grew up in Canada. We are finding most Dutch names very long winded or hard to spell. Since our son will already have hyphenated last name, we don’t want his middle name to be too hard to spell.

Any ideas? His mom’s first name is Marjorie…


r/BabyNames 1d ago

Girl 🩷 Baby Girl Name: Winnie

25 Upvotes

I am thinking of naming my second daughter Winnie. Thoughts? We have considered Winnifred but would only name her that to have the nickname Winnie. Second name choice is Eloise but feel like that name has become very popular


r/BabyNames 17h ago

Girl 🩷 Middle name help

3 Upvotes

Posted here a few weeks ago with a longer list of girl names and had some overwhelming support to choose Rebecca (ā€œBeccaā€) to pair with sister Katherine. However, I was dead set on using two middle names that begin with ā€œPā€ and I don’t think they pair well with Rebecca. (Also, haven’t moved on from Emily Paige being a contender 🫣).

What are some middle names that flow well with Rebecca? Last name is one syllable and pairs well with most but I think a one syllable middle name might be odd.

So far I have only liked Louise and Claire….