About us
Choosing a name is something you do together, but trawling through lists and talking each other round is rarely much fun. Baby Name Swiper turns it into something you do on the sofa in the evening: you each swipe through thousands of names on your own, and only when you both like the same name is it a match.
Both parents swipe on their own phone. Names you both like are matched straight away.
Discover unusual and popular names, with their meaning, origin, pronunciation and background.
Save names, look back at your matches and keep track of the ones still under consideration.
Find your way with similar names, trends, stories and practical tips.
Our story
Baby Name Swiper began at our own kitchen table. We were looking for a name ourselves and never got further than two lists in a notes app that we read out to each other every other week. What one of us loved, the other had crossed off long ago, and halfway through we had mostly lost track.
So we built what we needed ourselves: an app where you each go through names in your own time, without seeing what the other one picks. A name only comes up once it is a match. Thousands of expecting parents use it today, and the name guide behind it grows a little every day.
Four things we hold every choice in the app up against.
Choosing a name is a lovely moment, not a chore.
We show you names; which one it becomes is up to you.
A meaning nobody is sure of, we say so.
Every origin gets the same care and the same page.
Counted in our own database and rounded down. None of these figures is an estimate.
The app
Swipe on your own phones and see only the names you both said yes to.
