Baby Name Ideas

Baby Name Inspiration lists

Finding the right baby name doesn't need to be fraught with anguish and worry. Essential Baby has thousands of baby name ideas for you to choose the perfect baby girl name or baby boy name.

Here, we have created some lists of names under popular categories. Browse through to find a name you love.

Musical Names


International Names


Need more help finding the perfect baby name?
Head to our Baby Name Tool to browse by letter, meaning, gender or origin.
Use our Baby Name Tester tool to see how a name sounds in a variety of situations.
Talk to others and use the forum as a sounding board with baby names on our baby names forums. There are lots of naming fanatics ready to help with name ideas, sibsets and to warn you off no-go names in the baby name forum.


 

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Baby names inspired by Shakespeare

Looking for a literary baby name but aren't a fan of the trendy Harper or Atticus? Why not take some inspiration from the Bard.

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Barbra and Sheba, we presume?

15 names on the verge of extinction

If you're looking to revive an older name, or don’t want anything near the top 1000 list, check out these rare monikers for your unique baby.

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