#namenerd

[anθrəˈponəmi]

(n.): the study of personal names

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⋆˚࿔ you can call me mari [ˈma.rɪ]

this blog is dedicated to my love of names. i'm a self-professed namenerd, with a particular fixation on welsh names. i am welsh myself, born and raised.

⋆˚࿔ what you can find here:

advice on naming characters

advice on naming real-life humans (yourself, children, babies)

information regarding pronunciations, etymology, and meanings of names

names compiled by language, culture/country, length (both letters and syllables), initial/starting letter, endings (consonant endings, vowel endings, feminine and masculine suffixes), and themes (mythology, colours, ocean-related, etc)

lots of love for non-anglo names ⤷ what does "non-anglo" mean? the way i define it is: names that are not commonly seen or used in the anglosphere (countries or cultures that are predominantly english-speaking). ⤷ example of an anglo name: melody ⤷ example of a non-anglo name: alaw (the welsh word for "melody")

⋆˚࿔ please feel free to use the ask button to request names, share names, or gently correct any wrong information. ⤷ before sending a message, please read my FAQs! i will only direct you there anyway if your query can be answered by reading the FAQs. if i do not respond to your query, i either did not receive it, or do not feel comfortable responding.

⋆˚࿔ quick links:

FAQs

advice on using welsh names

advice on naming characters

advice on naming babies and children in the real world (coming soon)

⋆˚࿔ additional useful resources:

ipa reader — i strive to include IPA pronunciation guides for the most accurate pronunciations possible, where applicable.

JoKen2 - girl

Sibling: Garrett David

Style guess: Feminine, classic, sweet. Nothing too modern/trendy, but also nothing very stylish or surprising. I'd guess Olivia for them, if it weren't her sister.

Name guesses: Lucy, Katelyn, Claire, Elise, Lillian, Amelia, Molly

JoyStin2 - unknown sex

Sibling: Gideon Martyn

Style guess: I think Joy on her own would go super trendy, like Blakely or Kinsley. She'd probably even go unisex like Payton or Kameron, if she weren't so fundie. But I don't think Austin would go for it, unless he really DGAF about girl names. For a boy I think they'll do another semi-uncommon Old Testament.

Name guesses: Leah, Esther, Lydia, Grace, Margaret "Maggie" / Ezekiel, Asher, Solomon, Abram, Isaiah

SiRen1 - girl

Sibling: Asa 👼

Style guess: Hard to say whether they would have used super-old-school, Biblical Asa if their first pregnancy had made it. I think their girl pick will be either Biblical or meaningful. Probably stylish, maybe vintage.

Name guesses: Iris, Thea, Hope, Ruth, Luna, Ada (cringe, but I wouldn't put it past them)

M6 - girl

Siblings: Mackynzie Renee, Michael James, Marcus Anthony, Meredith Grace, Mason Garrett

Style guess: Anything M. I wish they'd go Maeve or Margot, but it's probably going to be very tame and mainstream. Not stylish but not too dated. Lots of predictions that they'll honor Grandma Mary, but I hope they don't use straight Mary. I've included some Mary-nicknames in my guesses, but I'm not sure they're smart enough to connect them.

Name guesses: Molly, Madelyn, Mia, Maya, Maisie, Marissa

BatesPerkins3 - unknown sex

Siblings: Bradley Gilvin, Kaci Lynn

Style guess: This is an odd one. Bradley is so formal and Kaci is so... not. But they're linked by being super 70s/80s to me. I get a very southern/rural vibe from the set. So it will probably be traditional for boys and cutesy for girls, but kinda dated either way.

Name guesses: Shelby, Faith, Kaylee, Rylee, Carli / Ashton, Dustin, Wesley, Travis, Cody

BatesPaine4 - unknown sex

Siblings: Charles Stephen IV "Carson," Brooklyn Elise, Everly Hope

Style guess: 100% pop trendy. Slightly more modern than her brother's set, above. Maybe a little less cutesy for girls. If her sister weren't Addee, I'd guess Adelyn, Addison etc.

I think my interest for names started when i was around ten. I liked to ask random children in my school what their name was (and their sibling’s, and their parents, lol). I loved to borrow every able baby name book in the library, and then reading them for hours, writing down my favorite names and their meanings, then use them to name characters in stories i wrote. I also liked, and still do, reading the birth announcements in the paper, always looking for the unique and extraordinary.

I am almost 29 years old now, and my passion for names have never faltered. I have collected uncountable numbers of names through the years and combos have come and gone.