Your awards for best & worst

Baby Name Games
1

List your favorite and least favorite name for each category:
(both genders, or mix-and-match)

  1. Old-fashioned names

  2. Surname-as-first-name

  3. Word names

  4. “Almost normal” names (names that are the same as a more common/popular name, with a slight difference)

  5. J-names

  6. [name]Long[/name] names (4+ syllables)

  7. “Doer” names (ex: [name]Archer[/name], [name]Hunter[/name], [name]Piper[/name])

  8. Names containing X and/or Z

  9. Names from mythology

  10. Hyphenated names

2

I’ll start : )

  1. Old-fashioned names
    Best - [name]Adelaide[/name] & [name]Walter[/name]
    Worst - [name]Myrtle[/name] & [name]Howard[/name]

  2. Surname-as-first-name
    Best - [name]Sullivan[/name] & [name]Brady[/name]
    Worst - [name]Brenton[/name]

  3. Word names
    Best - [name]Willow[/name] & [name]Story[/name]
    Worst - [name]Harmony[/name] & [name]Lance[/name]

  4. “Almost normal” names (names that are the same as a more common/popular name, with a slight difference)
    Best - [name]Oriana[/name]
    Worst - [name]Hadrian[/name]

  5. J-names
    Best - [name]Juno[/name] & [name]Jude[/name]
    Worst - [name]Jinger[/name] & [name]Jessup[/name]

  6. [name]Long[/name] names (4+ syllables)
    Best - [name]Serafina[/name] & [name]Leonardo[/name]
    Worst - [name]Iphigenia[/name]

  7. “Doer” names (ex: [name]Archer[/name], [name]Hunter[/name], [name]Piper[/name])
    Best - [name]Harper[/name] & [name]Asher[/name]
    Worst - [name]Parker[/name] & [name]Archer[/name]

  8. Names containing X and/or Z
    Best - [name]Zora[/name] & [name]Zachary[/name]
    Worst - [name]Xanthe[/name] & [name]Zero[/name]

  9. Names from mythology
    Best - [name]Freya[/name] & [name]Odin[/name]
    Worst - [name]Ariadne[/name] & [name]Thor[/name]

  10. Hyphenated names
    Best - [name]Emma[/name]-[name]Rae[/name]
    Worst - [name]Sue[/name]-[name]Ann[/name]

3

  1. Old-fashioned names
    Best - [name]Hazelle[/name]
    Worst - [name]Gertrude[/name]

  2. Surname-as-first-name
    Best - [name]Delaney[/name]
    Worst - [name]Cooper[/name]

  3. Word names
    Best - [name]Wren[/name] and [name]Shale[/name]
    Worst - [name]Star[/name] and [name]Ocean[/name]

  4. “Almost normal” names (names that are the same as a more common/popular name, with a slight difference)
    Best - [name]Laurel[/name] & [name]Gable[/name]
    Worst - [name]Emmalee[/name] & [name]Kayden[/name]

  5. J-names
    Best - [name]Juliana[/name] & [name]Judah[/name]
    Worst - [name]Julie[/name] & [name]Jason[/name]

  6. [name]Long[/name] names (4+ syllables)
    Best - [name]Dulcinea[/name]
    Worst - Chrysanthemum

  7. “Doer” names (ex: [name]Archer[/name], [name]Hunter[/name], [name]Piper[/name])
    Best - [name]Sander[/name]
    Worst - [name]Archer[/name]

  8. Names containing X and/or Z
    Best - [name]Boaz[/name]
    Worst - [name]Xavier[/name]

  9. Names from mythology
    Best - [name]Althea[/name]
    Worst - [name]Aphrodite[/name]

  10. Hyphenated names
    Best - [name]Ella[/name]-[name]May[/name]
    Worst - [name]Vicky[/name]-[name]Sue[/name]

4

  1. Old-fashioned names
    Best: [name]Matilda[/name] & [name]Abraham[/name]
    Worst: [name]Myrtle[/name] &W [name]Phillip[/name]

  2. Surname-as-first-name
    Best: [name]Flannery[/name] & [name]Boone[/name]
    Worst: Sasser & [name]Butler[/name]

  3. Word names
    Best: [name]Echo[/name] & Wise
    Worst: [name]Chastity[/name] & [name]Chuck[/name]

  4. “Almost normal” names (names that are the same as a more common/popular name, with a slight difference)
    Best: [name]Isadora[/name] & [name]Jacoby[/name]
    Worst: [name]Elyssa[/name] & [name]Nicolo[/name]

  5. J-names
    Best: [name]Junia[/name] & [name]Judson[/name]
    Worst: [name]Jezebel[/name] & [name]Jerry[/name]

  6. [name]Long[/name] names (4+ syllables)
    Best: [name]Antonia[/name] & Olivander
    Worst: [name]Isabella[/name] & Michaelangelo

  7. “Doer” names (ex: [name]Archer[/name], [name]Hunter[/name], [name]Piper[/name])
    Best: [name]Fifer[/name] & [name]Booker[/name]
    Worst: [name]Page[/name] & [name]Carter[/name]

  8. Names containing X and/or Z
    Best: [name]Hazel[/name] & [name]Zeke[/name]
    Worst: Tzipporah & [name]Xander[/name]

  9. Names from mythology
    Best: [name]Echo[/name] & [name]Thor[/name]
    Worst: [name]Hera[/name] & [name]Poseidon[/name]

  10. Hyphenated names
    Best: [name]Tilly[/name]-[name]Rose[/name] & [name]Ty[/name]-[name]Christopher[/name]
    Worst: [name]Maggie[/name]-[name]Mae[/name] & [name]Billy[/name]-[name]Bob[/name]