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Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by hluska on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:04PM (#29122719)
My daughter was almost named “to be determined”. We went out for lunch one day and this woman at a table beside us was talking about her granddaughter. Her granddaughter sounded like a great kid and when she (finally) said her granddaughter’s name, my partner and I gave each other a look. That was the name…

I wish your app had existed then - it would have been easier than the grand email list o’ names we shared with everyone even remotely related to us.

But also, I wonder if that woman had any idea that she would inadvertently name my only child just by bragging about her grand baby. And in a sense, that gets to be your honour now. You built something that will be responsible for naming humans. That’s truly profound.

Great hack…:)

Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by ufo on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:10PM (#29122802)
Given my propensity for turning temporary names into permanent names, if this happened to me I'm fairly certain the baby would end up being named Toby.
Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by cooperadymas on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:08PM (#29122774)
You can't leave us hanging after a story like that :)
Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by hluska on Friday November 05, 2021 @02:43PM (#29123242)
Lauren is five years old now. She started kindergarten in September. She loves numbers, math, reading, learning French and space. She is an absolutely wonderful little person, she is the love of my life and it is truly an honour being her dad.
Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by drewzero1 on Monday November 08, 2021 @02:01AM (#29146691)
My son was born on a friday and we didn't have to finish the paperwork until monday, so naturally the indecision continued through the weekend. We called him 'Buddy' until Monday, when we ended up going with the name we were leaning toward anyway.
Re:Show HN: My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-nam... by hliyan on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:31AM (#29128172)
I think some names are actually born this way: "Tibidy"