BabyName Reviews

I downloaded BabyName to use with my husband and decided to upgrade for more names. He would also have to pay the upgrade fee to see the “new” names I liked which it think is ridiculous.

BabyName is terrible at remembering names you have already seen so you see the same names over and over when you get back on, sometimes they are names that are already on your liked list and sometimes even the same name twice in a row. Also, many times you will see the same name spelled differently, for example Eric and Erik would be two different names. These should be listed as alternative spellings of the same name. Overall the filters to see different names were okay but using the filters is the only way I didn’t see Cassandra and Lucas as every 20th name.

Don’t waste your money on upgrading the names just Google unique names instead. I’d love to have my money back for BabyName.

I found that a lot of the same name but different spelling would come up, and a lot with Chinese origin for some reason. I wish there were some filters that were free. I also think it would be nice to add a feature where you can type in a name to add to your list. Since it doesn’t, I have to have a separate list on my phone, which kind of makes BabyName pointless. I also wish you could undo it when you accidentally swipe no for a name that you like or the other way around. Overall, I feel like BabyName is a waste of time if you are looking for a name that is a little different or less common, but not something totally off the wall. If you want a common name, then it would probably be ok.

BabyName is a great idea but it can be frustrating. Once I discard a name, it should be discarded but if I change the filter, it resets the names so I end up swiping through names I have already discarded.

The names a really older names, which can be good if you are interested in older names. Some might find this to be a draw back, I do not. I do find it frustrating that there are also a lot of derivations or spellings of the same name, hence the 5K names.

I would like there to be some sort of counter like this filter has 45 names and as you swipe, you have 3 names you like and 32 names you discarded. This gives me some goals to get through since often my husband and I would like to say, "ok, we will review 50 names after today." We may hate all 50 but it makes it feel more manageable.

You have to buy filters to access names. This may annoy some people. For me, it is annoying that I cannot choose my filters. Further, it would be nice to just have a pay option that comes with all the filters/names from the beginning. I do not see this as a game so paying to "unlocking" filters like you might levels in candy crush is annoying.

Regardless of the sex of your baby, choose names for both sexes, as often the sex and the name do not match. Algot, which is a Swedish man's name comes up as a girl's name for example.

Overall, BabyName lacks luster in its current state but has great potential.

I love the idea of BabyName, the concept is fun, the reality is tedious. The names are repetitive and even when you discard them, you get asked again. Also, you get asked to review BabyName EVERY few moments, even after we paid $2.99 to unlock more names having gone through the first lot. As for that payment, that didn’t seem to do much either. There are tons of trendy names on the first version and second version, and loads of last names as first names, but there are a couple of more traditional names that I quite like, which I never saw. Normal, popular, traditional names, which I thought was really odd. Even after spending an extra $2.99 to unlock. I wouldn’t have left this review, as each to their own, maybe you’ll like it, but after being harassed by BabyName constantly to review it, here I am doing an unfavorable review. You asked me to app!

I really like the idea of a “Tinder-style” app; swipe right when you like a name, swipe left when you don’t, easily match mutually liked names with your partner. There are a few glaring issues, though. The first is repetition. We’ll get the same name spelled twelve different ways even when we say no. E.g., Jason, Jasen, Jayson, Jaysen, Jacen. Seems ridiculous. You also get exotic, weird, or made up names with seemingly no rhyme or reason. We got Rock, Toto, Cazzie, Pharoah, and Cat all in a row for recommended boys names. We figured the $3 would be worth the extra name and filters but were disappointed to see it was not. We searched names based on our nationalities and were incredibly disappointed to see they were inauthentic/totally made up. BabyName was a fun way to kill some time finding *SOME* names we liked, but we’ll end up looking elsewhere for a name.

Being able to connect with your partner for matches is a good feature, but overall very unimpressed for several reasons. Many of the names are repetitive - if I swipe left on Madelyn, I don’t then need to see Madalynn or Madeline or Madaline - it’s the same name so should be eliminated. Should be able to choose lists to be shown options from, therefore eliminating being shown options from lists you’re not interested in, i.e. I’m not of asian decent so I’m not interested in being shown Chinese names. I should be able to not have to continuously swipe through those names with everything else. Soooo many of your choices will be from lists you may have no interest in, in addition to the fact there are a ton of names I never saw before being told I swiped through everything...REALLY.

We thought this was a neat way to load up possible names without having to debate the merits of each one till we had a few matches. I spent a fair bit of swipes going through names from other cultures and spent the $3 to unlock "5000" more names and all the filters. I must have gone through another 25 names under the American filter and found myself at the end of the list 3min after I paid for unlocking BabyName . If BabyName was actually updated with real names and not crowdsourced nonsense like "Banjo" meaning "great music" or "Semaj" meaning "James spelled backwards" this could be something great! Unfortunately for me I parted with my $3 a little too quickly. With no updates in years (I should have checked) buyer beware. Could have been so much more.

Like others have said, BabyName has promise but is flawed. Constant nags for reviews, even after paying for the $2.99 upgrade. And even after paying, there are additional things they want even more money for, like being able to reverse a swipe or get rid of ads. The nationalities are comically bad (I chose Canadian, because I'm Canadian, and was given 5 names before I ran out, meanwhile "African" is apparently a nation now). Very repetitive names. No way to filter for only names that start with T or don't end with N or anything else. Took what should have been fun and made it tedious. But it did work to give us a list of maybe 15 names to consider and talk about further. We'll probably switch to another app to get more variety, tho.

The idea of the two accounts linking is great, but there are some other things that need work.
When you discard a name, it will still cycle back through. I don't think it should cycle through unless you've gone through all names. There should be some kind of alert if you and your partner pick the same name but different spellings. There isn't,
And there are so many different spellings- so you could both like the same name, and BabyName won't alert you because you picked different spellings of it. I wish there was a maybe button so names would cycle back through or go on a different list, so I have time to mull them over. Also, a pronunciation for each, and a search engine would be great.

Great idea but they nickel and dime you. I don’t mind an app with a one-time upgrade price so you can try it out and decide to purchase. But you can buy the undo function, more name options, and ad-free as separate purchases. Because the purchase options are in different places and sometimes only pop up sporadically, I don’t have faith that there aren’t more hidden fees. If they bundled it I might consider buying, but I’m afraid to sink money into something that still won’t work.

Also it’s too easy to swipe past names you like. My husband and I both accidentally rejected the same name that we both knew we liked already! With no undo, it’s brutal.

Pros: This is a great concept when finding time to compare name lists is difficult and there are a lot of great names that I would not have thought of.

Cons: If I swipe left on the name, it shouldn’t come back up. Different spellings/versions of the same name are repeated (Nathan & Nate or Chloe & Khloe are on different cards) and other times listed as an alternative to the main name (Kaylee w/ Kayleigh + 4 more options are on the same card) - pick a system. The names are sometimes midgendered (girls names are blue, boys names are pink). If the editor is unsure maybe just make purple the default.

It’d be nice to have: the ability to share lists with more than one person as more than just my partner and my opinions are going into this process. As others have said, it’d be great to be able to add and sort the names you like.

This is a good concept but needs some improvements to really be useful. For one thing, you should be able to either manually add or easily find names you think of outside BabyName . As it is, we have to keep a separate list of names we’re considering. For another, it lacks really common names that should be in there. I paid for the filters and have gone through every name in some of the letters only to not be able to find specific names we’d already thought of. So if the really common names we’re specifically looking for aren’t in there, how much can we trust BabyName as a good resource for names? Again, it has a lot of potential, but needs some work. As it stands now, it can help spark ideas but is definitely not at the level that it can be a primary resource.

The idea for BabyName is simple, but so useful! A couple of complaints: 1.) my partner paid for the upgrades, but BabyName kept advertising upgrades to me which led me to believe that I was not able to see the names my partner saw, so I paid for it unnecessarily. I think my pregnancy hormones are making me very upset about this $3...; 2.) you are only able to work through one filter at a time, and if your partner changes the filter, it wipes your progress within the previous filter; 3.) regardless that I paid for my filters unnecessarily, I don’t find the actual filters very helpful. It felt that I could see a larger range of names with just the free version without getting bored of one category of names.

This is a lot of fun and a great idea. There are a few features needed to make this useful.

First, it's not possible to see whether you and your partner are synced or how far through each list you both are. Did you not match on a name because one of you rejected it, or because they never saw the name to swipe? I would recommend a progress bar or at least an indicator when both of you are caught up to each other. (I'm assuming you're shown the names in the same order.)

Second, BabyName needs to let you suggest names (that then are shown to your partner). It's silly to have to swipe through thousands of names to get to the one you are looking for.

Finally, some usability suggestions. The meanings are often off, sometimes wildly so (I was shown back-to-back versions of the the same name from different languages; somehow the meanings were different). Also, put all the spellings on a single card and let the user pick their preference... otherwise you can never tell if someone dislikes the name or the alternate spelling.

BabyName is fun and is a great way to see what names both you and your partner like. This cuts down tremendously on conversations about names, as you can just quickly compare ones you like. I like that you can pull it out for a few minutes a day and can quickly go through 50 names! I like that boy names are blue, girl names are pink, and gender neutral names are purple; it adds a fun detail! Some of the names are very old-fashioned and unique, so you'll see names on here you may never have thought of otherwise. Some people may find this frustrating, but I love that there is a wide variation of names. One suggestion, and the reason I had to give only 4 stars, is that once you have discarded a name you can't change your mind. On the Kinder app you can easily change it, but on BabyName you have to pay! That is ridiculous, as it is easy to accidentally swipe the wrong way. Aside from this one annoyance, it is a fun and useful app!

It is a wonderfully simple and cleanly designed interface. Simplicity is wonderful but only if it doesn’t mean loosing basic features right?
All you can do is swipe. I’m not a fan of an app being free and super limited unless you pay. It should just be free or not imo. I would love to be able to search for and save names that we already like so that all the name ideas are in one place. If that functionality was available it would easily be a five star for me!

It’s a nice, simple to use app. My husband and I are very specific about the first letter of the name we want. We paid the 99 cents in order to filter that letter. No biggie. It still asks us multiple times to pay more money for certain filters. Not interested.
One way it could definitely be improved is by having an option of seeing, or even better hearing, the pronunciation of the name. All in all it’s a cool app to be able to link with your partner and browse names together without having to sit and read through lists at the same time. It works for its intended purpose. 4 stars.

This is a fun app and can really help a couple finally find their baby’s name. My husband and I are enjoying it and agreed on at least one name we hadn’t before thanks to this. But one big caveat - I upgraded to the paid version because it promised 5,000 more names but no matter how much I use BabyName I see the same names over and over and over. Maybe most of those 5,000 new names are for girls and I’m looking for a boy? Or maybe that’s a false claim? Not sure but that part is frustrating. I do like the filters that come with the paid version, very helpful for choosing a name with a specific letter. Overall a good, fun experience.

I never leave reviews, but i just had to let others know that this has happened to me when using BabyName . The colors and vibrance as well as how the background flashes to another color when you swipe messes with my eyes and literally gives me a migraine after minutes of using it. I wish there was an option to tone down the colors or change the color scheme because I can’t use BabyName and wish that I could. Even with my iPhones brightness all the way down, I get a migraine. Love the idea and BabyName other than that.

As a person who is obsessed with baby names, BabyName is quite lovely. My husband and I hardly agree on baby names, but BabyName has helped us discover some unique names we both like. I only wish you could see your rejected names list. I also wish names I’ve seen wouldn’t keep popping up. Also, I’m not sure if I purchase more names on my app, will my husband also have those names? I don’t think you should both have to pay since BabyName is made for partners. I know the do it so you don’t ever run out of names to swipe. Speaking of swiping… as a person who stopped dating before the swipe-dating apps, I love this!

Got through the list in a day. The list of names is a bit limited and there is no information on pronunciation or name origin. If you’re willing to pay you can get 5,000 more names. There should be a way for users to suggest names to add to BabyName . There should also be a way to add your own names and share them with your partner. I’d like some Vietnamese names as well as more Norwegian, Irish and French. There are plenty of free resources online that can be used to supplement their list. I’d be willing to watch ads for more names. Seems silly to buy what you can get for free elsewhere, especially since they don’t provide as much info as free online sites.

The idea of app is great, it’s indeed great way to entertain yourself and partner, and it has wide variety of names. However, I wish there would be a way to undo your actions in case I swiped in a wrong direction. Or at least have a chance to remove names that I swiped by mistake from the list of names that I liked. Also, once my partner chose the filter which did not match with mine, BabyName got frozen for me. Same happen to his app when I changed the filter. BabyName is good but need more engineering solutions in place.