play as many times as you’d like!
[name_m]How[/name_m] this works is each person posts a set of (preferably 1-5, but can be longer) rules for naming (can be their actual baby naming rules or ones they made up for the game) and the next poster has to give a boy name and a girl name that follow all the rules and then post their own set for the next poster. They can be a sibling set but they don’t need to be.
for example
Poster 1: 1. Middle name must begin with the letter B, 2. First names must be gender neutral, 3. The overall syllable count should be 5
Poster 2: [name_u]Ryan[/name_u] [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] (g) and [name_u]Sage[/name_u] [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m] (b)
To begin my rules are
- No nicknames as given names (first or middle)- one or the other can be a short name (see #5) as long as they aren’t shortened forms of longer names
- No non-traditional spellings (legitimate ethnic variants, ie Aleksander instead of [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] are acceptable…what isn’t is Allaxyndyrre)
- Outside the top twenty for either gender (in your country, this one only applies to first names. middles can be any popularity)- going by the spelling you are using!
- Multiple nickname options (via the first or the middle name)- be sure to include at least two in your post.
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f] - [name_f]Liz[/name_f] or [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_u]Evan[/name_u] - [name_u]Nick[/name_u] or [name_u]Nico[/name_u]
First names start with Z and middles must be 3 syllables with alternative spellings.
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] Auliver (b) and [name_f]Zenobia[/name_f] Cassydie (g)
[name_m]New[/name_m] set of rules
- Must include two middle names (3 names total)
- All names must be within the 2016 US top 1,000 (for that particular gender)
- Subtract the ranking of each name from 1,000 to determine the ‘point value’ of the name, each combo should add up to 1,000 or less.
- None of the names (first or middles) can start with the same letter as any other (this goes across both sets…so you can’t have [name_m]Alvin[/name_m] and [name_f]Aria[/name_f] for instance)
[name_f]Eileen[/name_f] [name_f]Leila[/name_f] [name_f]Milana[/name_f] & [name_u]Harley[/name_u] [name_m]Axl[/name_m] [name_m]Leandro[/name_m]
- First name must be at least 3 syllables and have an european appeal to it (italian & portuguese names are bonus points!)
- First middle name has to be short-ish, but anything is good as long as it makes the combo flow well.
- Second middle name is either something romanticly unexpected (ie. [name_m]Romeo[/name_m]) or honoring grandparents: [name_f]Yaiza[/name_f], [name_m]Guillermo[/name_m], [name_f]Esther[/name_f] & [name_m]Carmelo[/name_m].
- Must flow well with other siblings: [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_m]Thiago[/name_m] [name_m]Dante[/name_m] [name_m]Romeo[/name_m], [name_m]Leandro[/name_m] [name_m]Alessio[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u].
- For girls, at least two of the names have to end in -a, and for boys at least two have to end in -o.