The List Isn't the Problem. Deciding Is.
Every expecting couple has the list — the notes-app scroll of maybes that only ever grows. The elimination game exists to shrink it. Keep-or-cut strips the list to names you actually feel something for (gut answers only, three seconds each), and the head-to-head bracket does what lists can't: it forces the honest comparisons. Nora or June — not in the abstract, right now, tap one. Twenty taps later there is a winner, and the argument you were dreading turned out to be a game.
Two Ways to Play It as a Couple
Play together — a name needs both of you to survive the veto round, then you alternate picks in the bracket and learn a lot from each other's choices. Or play separately: run the full game solo, compare winners, and if they differ, let the two finalists fight the grand final over dinner. Either way, paste your own shortlist or start from the 200-name pool below, filtered for a girl, a boy, or a surprise.
A Starter Pool With Substance
The built-in names below span timeless picks, vintage revivals, and modern favorites across a dozen origins — each with its meaning, because for many parents the meaning is the tiebreaker. Found the one? The sibling name matcher suggests future brothers-and-sisters names that share its style, and the secret santa generator will not help at all, but it is very good at holiday gift exchanges.
