nametree: Baby Name Heritage

Most baby name apps hand you a list of thousands and wish you luck. nametree starts with your family.

Type the names you already have: parents, kids, grandparents, anyone who counts. nametree looks at what they share (where they come from, how they sound, the era they belong to) and grows a tree of names that fit alongside them.

GROW YOUR TREE
• Add two or three family names and get a tree of suggestions in seconds
• See why each name fits: shared roots, the same style, the same rhythm
• Add your last name to hear how the full name sounds
• Refine by girl, boy or both, by style, by first letter or by ending
• Prune the branches you don't like and grow more

KNOW EVERY NAME
• Meaning and origin, in plain words
• A popularity curve by decade from United States birth records
• Name stories with real history in them, and a new name and a new story every day
• Browse by sound, era, vibe and roots when you just want to wander

DECIDE TOGETHER
• Swipe through the names one at a time: right to keep, left to pass
• The more you swipe, the better it gets: the app learns what you keep and what you pass, and says why it picked each name
• This or that: two names at a time until your list has a top five, ready to share as a picture
• Try a name for a day: it sits on your home screen, and you note how it felt
• Invite your partner: you each swipe on your own phone, and you both see the names you both kept
• Stay linked after that: when you both keep a name, you both hear about it
• Save favorites to My list, with your own notes
• Ask your people: send one link, and the people whose opinion you value rate each finalist and say why
• See who said what, all in one place
• Share your tree or your list from the share sheet

MADE FOR REAL LIFE
• Works offline, on the train or in the waiting room
• No account and no sign-up. We never ask for your email
• In English, Spanish and Portuguese, each one written the way it is spoken
• Light and dark