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Baby Apps To Help You Choose The Perfect Name

Because picking a baby name can be overwhelming.
Isabelle Khoo
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Picking a baby name can be overwhelming. After all, with so many creative trends and invented monikers, how do you choose?

Thanks to technology, there are baby naming apps to help you out and we’ve rounded up the top five below. While they might not pick a name for you, they’ll certainly give you some much needed inspiration.

5 Best Baby Name Apps
Baby Names!! by Sevenlogics(01 of05)
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This app gives you the whole nine yards. With a database of over 30,000 monikers, it can tell you the pronunciation, meaning, gender, popularity and origin of a name. You can also search names by any of these criteria, as well as save and share your favourites. Get it here: iTunes and Android, free (credit:iTunes)
Baby Names! by BabyNames.com(02 of05)
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With this app, you can search through 20,000 monikers, create a favourite name list, view the Name of the Day, and see which names are trending. Get it here: iTunes and Android, $1.49 (credit:iTunes)
Baby Names Genius(03 of05)
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By favouriting names in this app, Baby Names Genius learns what you like and offers its own suggestions for you. This app also offers a personalized search, shows you trending names and has a community voting feature so you can see what other people think of a name. Get it here: iTunes and Android, $1.99 (credit:iTunes)
Baby Names by Schatzisoft(04 of05)
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This baby name app includes all the basics: meanings, popularity, origins and so on. But what really sets it apart from other apps is its idea lists. This app offers lists for whatever type of baby name you’re looking for, including nature names, Christmas names, strong names, etc. You can also save your favourites and try out different combinations of monikers by adding a middle name or last name.Get it here: iTunes, free (credit:iTunes)
Million Baby Names(05 of05)
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This app has a lot of unique features. Not only does it allow you to create Facebook polls so that you can get feedback from friends and family, but it also lets you explore a name’s numerology and its meaning. You can also search based on name origins, gender and popularity. Get it here: Android, free (credit:Google Play)

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