Do you guys think it’s worth it to switch last names, if my family has made a horrible name for themselves?

Screwing other business over big time, big criminal charges, putting the name all over failed business etc.

Has any other business owners switched names for similar reasons?

First name also included since I’m a JR

I posted here recently looking for boy names. We have a Sullivan and have recently stumbled upon Cassius. We love this name and the nickname Cash. However am I setting my child up for a lifetime of correcting people on pronunciation or do people know? Help!

My husband and I had our third daughter last January. Our older girls both have short, spunky two-syllable names (Cleo and Ivy) and our original name for our third daughter was going to be Thea. I loved the name, even though it wasnt on my radar prior to the pregnancy. Since we’d also always loved the name Gwen, it wasn’t much of a pivot when my daughter came out and I thought “that’s definitely my Gwen.” She really embodies the name (sweet and tender), but literally NO ONE has had a kind word to say about her name…my husband and I can’t help but wonder…did we make a mistake?!

Do you hear each of these more on a human or dog?

1. Zoe

2. Nova

3. Stella

4. Hazel

5. Daisy

6. Cleo

7. Penny

8. Molly

Due in December with a no name baby boy!
Our last name is a longer Russian sounding name starting with S. So far we’ve really gravitated towards Sasha and Salem. But after calling him those names for a few days we are not so sure. We like fun and different names, staying away from traditional names, but we also aren’t going to name him something like Salt or Sprout, lol.

Also, thoughts about Sasha or Salem are welcome too!

We’re having our first this winter 🤍 I am Latin American and my husband is Dutch. We live and will likely stay in his country for the foreseeable future.

It was very hard to come up with a name that we both liked and works in both countries, but we like Tomas a lot!

My only issue with it is its pronunciation. I/my family would pronounce it Tomás instinctually, while Dutch people would call him Thomas, as that would be the standard pronunciation. We thought about requesting close Dutch family to go with the Tomás pronunciation, but it feels like pushing it.

Nicknames like Tommy/Tomi and Tom are universal.

I’m apprehensive about giving my child a problem by not giving him a name with a clear pronunciation. I also fear feeling a little odd/feel a disconnect by calling my child something that everyone in his daily life would pronounce differently…

What are your thoughts? Especially valuable if you’re a bilingual household 🙏🏻

Any boy's names with Co in it? Because I'd lile to have his nickname "Co" (read: Co like in coconut).

Colin? Colby? Jacob? I love Constantine but too long for first name.

It doesn't matter English, French, Greek, etc.

TIA!

Looking for boy names that sound good with Penelope and Sebastian. I like longer names but open to shorter ones if they sound good with those names. Having another baby boy and having a hard time picking a name. Help!!

We had twins and settled on one of these three combos but wanted namenerds pick. I’ll share our final choice after :)

1. Dominic/Dom and Gabriel/Gabe

2. Beau and Tate

3. John Thomas (JT) and Reid

My 2 year old name is Genesis Noelle , she goes by Gigi and Genny . I loved it at birth but now I just feels like I’m having baby name regret . I picked it because of the meaning “new beginning “ “birth “ . She’s my new beginning but I don’t know why I’m having a hard time rn

Does anyone else’s child say they don’t like their name?

I named my little girl Victoria and to me it’s a classic name that will work perfectly for a little girl through adulthood. (No nicknames, no Vicky or Tori. Just Victoria or “V” to close family members.)

Her baby sister is named Isabella and she comments she prefers that name. Whilst it’s a very pretty name, to me there’s just something about the strength and elegance of “Victoria” that can’t be beaten.

Is this a phase that all kids go through? I told her I think she will end up loving her name one day and I hope that’s true. 🙏🏽 💕

I’m looking for a girls name for future daughter meaning wild and/or brave. I’m thinking “barefoot in the woods”, full-of-grit warrior. I considered Artemis but it’s a little too ‘Greek mythology’ for me, though I’m not totally against uncommon names. I’m very much a dreamer so understand that the “perfect” name doesn’t exist but am still curious to see the suggestions!! I’m based in North East US and my daughter will be French, Italian, and Ecuadorian. Thanks in advance!

Names I’m considering:

Sylvie/Sylvia
Amalia
Emmeline
Alessia

Some ideas so far, let me know your thoughts. Penny Blair, Penny Iris, Penny June, Penny Louise

"Anne Frank Sinatra", "Benjamin Franklin Roosevelt", a name chain is a chain of two overlapping names. Try to guess the chain in as few clues as possible:

For the answer, go to https://name-chain.org/2026-10-15

There's a new puzzle daily, and over 100 existing puzzles to play!

Trying to come up with a middle name.

First name: Alex

Last name: Starts with A. 3 syllables (similar to Araujo)

Potential middle names:

- Anderson
- Ivander
- Evander
- Leander
- Landon
- Ivandris
- Adrian
- Ilijah
- Elijah
- Idris

Feel free to throw out other suggestions as well! Ideally the name would either start with an I and/or have “and” in it at some point, but this is not necessary.

hi! i’m an iranian female who wants to add a masculine name besides my feminine one (hannah/han). ive always loved the name roy (inspired by roy from fire emblem lol). but ive also been told it sounds old and white which fair it does but i still love it. on the other hand ive been told i look like a cameron so if i do that i’d wanna do the iranian spelling which is kamran. which do yall think i should go with?

Duke Ellington

Miles Davis

Thelonious Monk

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holliday

I like to read so when I was considering names for my daughters I would imagine them typed out on the cover of a book and whether it would look cool or not. But I feel like the names of these jazz greats are in a different league.

Did anyone else here think similarly when naming their child(ren)?

My name is Carmen, and all I i ever heard is people saying all Carmen are A-holes or the b word or mean girls is this actually true like be 100% honest

Names I’ve been thinking of for my next baby. I have one daughter named Liana Daisy. Wondering what everyone thinks of the flow of the names, how well they work together, and the names in general.

Girls:

Quinn Cecilia (my favorite)

Cecilia Emily (my wife’s favorite)

Boys:

Quinn Elliott

Emilio Quinn (worried that these names don’t go together)

Emilio Jenaro (Jenaro is a family name, don’t love names that end with the same sound but they do go together).

Can you tell we love the name Quinn? Lol

I am having the hardest time picking a name every name like I find flaw in.

Cecilia- my husband hates it because his ex is Cici

Cordelia- like the full name don’t like nicknames for it

Claudia- means lame, sounds a bit 90s

Clementine- Clem and Clemmie make me think phlegm and phlegmy

Catrina- don’t like cat

Caterina- makes me think of cats in an arena

Daphne- Scooby doo and Fraser

Evangeline- church association

Eleanora- Ellie is way too common, my preferred nicknames may not get used

Eloise- too common

Emmeline- pronunciation issues, lots of common em names

Felicity- someone might nickname her something I don’t like

Flora- reminds me of gut flora

Leonora- don’t like Lea or Lee at all

Lenora- prefer Leonora to it

Marina- reminds me of the birth control fails

Olive- too short for me

Odelia- pronunciation issues for people odie is awful

Phoebe- too short for me

Theodora- the popularity of Theodore and Theo

Veronica- hate Ronnie

Victoria- don’t like Vicky or Tori

Violet- too popular

Vivienne- too popular

Wilhelmina- pronunciation issues are hell but love the nicknames

Winona- very linked to Ryder which I don’t mind so much but also just not pretty sounding enough in my mind

Any suggestions ?

A few playing on my mind:

Margot
Joely
Nell
Clara
Bel

Seeing the thread? Suggestions, criticisms and comments welcome

I’m curious what people’s immediate impressions of the name Shiloh are.
When you first hear or see the name, what comes to mind? Do you instinctively associate it with a particular gender, and what’s your overall impression of the name?
Just looking for honest, unfiltered first impressions!

My partner and I are considering Wynn for our baby, but we're concerned that it might rhyme with/ sound like too many things. Obviously there's "win", but also "go in", which we say to our cat about ten times a day

It doesn't help that our dialect tends to pronounce "when" pretty similarly. At least one person we mentioned it to thought we were thinking of naming our baby When. I find the phrase "when Wynn was" to be a bit of a tongue twister, and that's something a parent or teacher might say pretty regularly.

I'm not sure if we're overthinking this, so I'd love to hear from anyone who has this name or is close to someone who does.

Thanks!

I love Kristen/Krysten, Kendra, and Kara so far and I'm looking for names similar to those.

Nothing soft, cute, or flowy. But not something heavy or imposing either. Just something crisp, cool and no-nonsense like the names above?

If I'm making any sense, I'd love to hear more suggestions

I have come to realize that many of the older names sound very cool and I wonder why we don't use exotic names anymore? It is pretty rare to meet somebody named Konrad, Eustace, Dietrich, Benedict, Lucius, Arnault. Say you are in Hungary, wouldn't it be cool to name your child after Arpad? Or what about one of the Legendary figures of Bohemia - Čech. I would have assumed prominent figures of a nation would have many people who follow them also name their kids after them to honor their significant contributions to the country.

I say this because my own parents named me after some general, I believe. It is a modern variant though