The Shortlist: Baby Names

Find a baby name you'll love.

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

If you've got a partner, you can send them a link so they swipe the same deck — and we'll show you exactly where you matched.

✦ NAMES THAT BRIDGE CULTURES

The quiz covers 13 cultural heritage traditions — Latin, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Greek, Arabic, South Asian, East Asian, African, and more. If you and your partner come from different backgrounds, pick more than one — and names that work across both cultures rank higher in your deck. Built for families navigating two heritages who want a name that honours both.

✦ HOW IT WORKS

1. Take the 2-minute taste quiz — heritage, era, energy, theme, popularity
2. Swipe through 15 hand-picked baby names matched to your taste
3. Build your shortlist — save names, listen to pronunciations, read meanings
4. (Optional) Send your partner a link — they swipe the same names
5. See what you both loved, and pick a favourite together

No accounts. No setup. Your answers and shortlist stay on your phone — we only count anonymous totals, like how often a name is swiped right, never anything about you.

♥ WHAT YOU GET

• A curated pool of 3000+ baby names with origin, meaning, and a written vibe for each
• Heritage matching across 13 traditions, with bonus weighting for names that bridge multiple cultures
• Audio pronunciation for every name
• Save your shortlist as a keepsake image
• Couples mode — send your partner a link, see what you both love
• Conversation Starters — patterns we noticed in the names you both loved
• Compatibility score — how aligned your tastes really are
• The crowned-name moment — celebrate when you both pick the same favourite

🌍 WHAT'S NOT IN HERE

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


Your shortlist lives only on your phone. The partner-share link is generated locally — we never see it.

✦ MADE FOR YOU IF

• You want help choosing a baby name without the doomscroll
• You and your partner come from different cultural backgrounds and want a name that honours both
• You like clean apps that respect your time and your data
• (Optionally) you and your partner want a fun way to find a name you both love

The Shortlist was built by M and K — a UK couple who wanted a smarter way to choose a baby name together. There wasn't anything that let two people actually work through it side by side, so they made it themselves. Playful, fast, honest.

No ads, no paywall. Made in the UK with too many cups of tea.

(If we ever monetise, we'll update this listing first.)