Naming a baby is difficult

[Knight]

Naming a baby is difficult. For $500, Colleen Slagen will make it easier. Slagen, a 36-year-old name consultant based in Austin, Texas, offers premium consultations to clients, which include a video call, feedback on your list of names, a curated list of 10 names with commentary and information on their popularity and a long list of honorable mention names. (Slagen also offers an $85 service for people looking for her help choosing between names.) On TikTok, Slagen shares her insights with her 73,000 followers.

ChatGPT spits out baby names in seconds. Can it replace the human touch?

Lucky for my wife & me we had no difficulty.

 

[IrishEyes]

I just read that 3 times and my eyebrow twitched each time. Sad thing is I probably know someone who would pay that
just to brag they had a "Name Consultant"

 

[Fritz]

omg...now i've heard everything. that is ridiculous. no offense to the op!

 

[MACKTEXAS]

And she should be commended for working so hard for such a pittance.

 

[CallMeKate]

Naming a baby is difficult. For $500, Colleen Slagen will make it easier. Slagen, a 36-year-old name consultant based in Austin, Texas

Golly, I definitely chose the wrong career! Yikes. I have some friends and acquaintances who chose some ghastly names for their kids... I coulda made a fortune!

 

[IrishEyes]

Sometimes a name can mean so much so it's best to be very careful.
My oldest Gr-Daughter named her 1st child after her FIL.
When we went to see the baby and her at the hospital, we all noticed it and we all didn't say it,
except my son. He was holding the baby and said "You know he does look just like Jim"
Gr-Daughter was going to breast feed but for some unknown reason she chose not to.
So be careful when you see that next baby not to mention who it looks like.

 

[Veronica]

I dont have kids but I used to have dogs and cats and now just cats. I dont have any trouble picking names.
But I have gotten in trouble I few times when people found out my dog had the same name as their kid.
One lady even demanded I change my Rottenweilers name. Umm. My Chloe Sue is three. She likes her name.

 

[LoveTulips]

 

[seadoug]

I can make suggestions. If you are a Millennial, just name the girls Olive, Hazel, Mabel or Prudence and the boys Bartholomew, Cornelius or Horatio. Millennials love old names for their kids.

To understand why millennials are choosing old names for their children, consider these factors:

• Nostalgia for classic names that evoke a sense of history.
• Desire for uniqueness, as vintage names are less common today.
• Cultural influences from family traditions or heritage.
• Aiming for timelessness, believing old names age well.
• Rejection of modern naming trends perceived as overly trendy.
• Influence of popular culture, including media and celebrities reviving old names.