The Shortlist: Baby Names

Skip the list of 50,000 names. Take a 2-minute taste quiz, swipe a deck made just for you, and find a name you and your partner both love. No ads. No accounts.

Find a baby name you'll love, together.

The Shortlist is a baby names app made for couples and respectful of your time. Instead of scrolling through 50,000 names, you take a quick taste quiz, swipe a curated deck of 15 names matched to you, and build a shortlist of the ones you love.

Got a partner? Send them a link. They swipe the same deck, and you see exactly where you matched.

NAMES THAT BRIDGE CULTURES The quiz spans 13 cultural heritages: Latin, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Greek, Middle Eastern, South Asian, East and Southeast Asian, African, Scandinavian and more. From different backgrounds? Pick more than one, and names that work across both cultures rank higher in your deck. Built for families who want a name that honours two heritages.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Take the 2-minute taste quiz: heritage, era, energy, meaning, popularity
2. Swipe 15 names hand-matched to your taste
3. Build your shortlist: save names, hear pronunciations, read meanings
4. Send your partner a link and they swipe the same names
5. See what you both loved, and crown a favourite together

WHAT YOU GET

• Over 3,500 baby names, each with origin, meaning and a written vibe
• Heritage matching across 13 traditions, with bonus weighting for names that bridge cultures
• Audio pronunciation for every name
• Save your shortlist as a keepsake image
• Couples mode: share a link, see where you match
• Conversation Starters and a compatibility score for the two of you
• The crowned-name moment, when you both pick the same favourite

WHAT'S NOT IN HERE

• No ads
• No accounts or sign-ups
• No tracking, no analytics, no third-party data
• No nagging notifications

Your shortlist lives only on your phone. The partner-share link is built on your device, and we never see it.

MADE FOR YOU IF

• You want help choosing a name without the doomscroll
• You and your partner come from different backgrounds and want a name that honours both
• You like clean apps that respect your time and your data

Made in the UK with too many cups of tea.