Professional baby namer says parents are now choosing monikers which sound "cool" as a TikTok or Instagram handle

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A professional baby namer says parents are now choosing monikers which sound "cool" as a TikTok or Instagram handle.   Steph Coffield, 40, is hired by parents-to-be to help them choose the perfect name for their child, and charges up to $500 a time.  The stay-at-home mum says uncommon baby names are becoming a lot more popular -  and it has a lot to do with the increased presence of social media.  She says girls with masculine names and first names as surnamed are all trends to look out for.

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00:00 Not only does it seem like there are more options for girls, but there are more variations on girl names.

00:05 This was never more evident as when I was looking through all the vintage names you guys submitted.

00:09 Truly, you change a letter here, you change a letter there, the possibilities are endless.

00:13 We're gonna start with the boys, but don't worry, I talk fast.

00:15 Abner, Claude, Delbert, Edwin, Erasmus, Granville, Harm, Ira, Junius, and Justice,

00:21 Leander, Melville, Pleasant, Ransom, Robinson, Rufus, Seawall, Sumner, Theophilus, and Winslow.

00:28 Originally, I was gonna include names that were mentioned at least three times,

00:32 but for the boys, that wasn't possible, and I didn't include every double name, but these were most of them.

00:36 For the girls, we have Adelia, Adeline, Alida, Almeda, Elta, Beulah, Dorcas, Effie, Esther, Eulalia,

00:44 Flossie, Gertrude, Harmina, Honor, Onora, Kezia, but I've also heard Keziah,

00:50 Leona, Leora, Leota, Leticia, LaCretia, Magdalena, and Maxine.

00:56 Myrtle, Myrdis, and Myrdi, I'm obsessed. Orpha, Promellia, spelled different ways,

01:00 Petronella, Sina, Trifina, Verna, and Vernis, also adorable, Yvonne, and then we had Zola Faye and Zola Rey, and I just loved that.

01:09 Big Sister's name is Meadow Jane, and they wanted something a little less in-your-face nature-related,

01:13 with a more traditional middle name. They liked whimsical, dark and moody surnames,

01:18 except there are other inspo names, which I think are amazing, like Bower and Bridger.

01:22 I love Quill, it was on my list. Watson, Woods, maybe I did go a bit too uncommon for them,

01:27 but I do ask in my Google Form, like, "How much name research fatigue are you at?"

01:31 You know, and they put 10 out of 10, so I didn't want to give them suggestions that they'd already considered.

01:36 Bard Alexander, Felding Bower, Gossamer James, Lansing Edwin, Penn Hartley,

01:42 Rodas Leland, Starling Casper, and Townsend Bram.

01:45 Felding is a variation on Fielding, which I thought would go really nice next to Meadow,

01:49 without being really in-your-face Meadow and Field. I'm obsessed with Gossamer for dark and moody vibes,

01:53 because its meaning is like, "Find silky thread like a spiderweb," and he could go by Goss.

01:58 I'm obsessed with how handsome Penn sounds.

02:00 Rodas is a variation on the name Rhodes, which they really liked,

02:03 but I think the two-syllable helps with Meadow and Rodas.

02:06 And then Meadow and Townsend are one of my favorite pairings.

02:09 A few other honorable mentions, in case someone else is vibing with these names,

02:12 Corrigan, Escher, Myers, and Niels.

02:14 Vintage boy names from your family tree, we're doing names from the 1900s, A to Z.

02:19 It feels so weird to talk about old-fashioned names from the 1900s, I was born in the 1900s.

02:24 It's gonna be fun, but I had the most names from this category,

02:27 'cause it's the most recent century, right? So I had to break it up by boy and girl.

02:31 Thank you to everyone who submitted, there were so many gems, I just couldn't get to them all.

02:35 Argyle, who went by Bob, because he didn't like Argyle.

02:37 Beecher, Bowen, Bradshaw, Brodus or Brodus,

02:41 Brynmore, who went by Bryn, Cicero, Clem, and Clement, Quartz, and Coy.

02:45 Press save right now, 'cause there's so many names.

02:48 Delbert, Dewey, Doff, Ewald, Fleming, Fremont, Frost, Green, Hagen, Ira,

02:54 Jewel, Jurgis, Kemper, Kitchener,

02:57 Kilton Riggs, I just had to include both first and middle, it was so cool sounding,

03:01 Lennis, Loras, who went by Mitt, Lowell, MC, and Mack.

03:06 Then we have Maywood, Morton, Norbert, Nova,

03:09 Omer, Pepper, Percival, how cute and funny is Pickens?

03:13 But he went by Rufus, which was his middle name.

03:15 Rawlson, Rexford, who went by Rex,

03:17 Sander, who went by Sandy, Sears, Roebuck,

03:19 whose parents probably enjoyed the catalog.

03:21 Some of my favorites, Selby and Selwyn,

03:24 Sherman, who went by Sherm, Squire, Teen, Thurlow,

03:28 Urban, Valdo, Baby Valdo, Vernal, Vylus,

03:31 I mean if you want something different than Silas,

03:33 Waco, Weber, Woodrow, with a nickname of Woody,

03:36 Worthy, and Zenith.

03:38 Vintage girl names from your family tree,

03:40 we're doing names from the 1900s, A to Z.

03:42 I think I mentioned this already, but we had more girl names submitted than boy names,

03:45 so naturally this list is gonna be longer.

03:47 Andalina, what a great way to get to Lena for a nickname.

03:50 Artillie, with a nickname of Tillie.

03:52 Avenel, nickname Nell.

03:54 I had two Belvas from this century,

03:56 one was Belvedere and one was Belvegene.

03:58 Then we have Birdie, Magnolia, nickname Nola,

04:01 and Blanca Neves, which means Snow White.

04:04 Boots, Corvalla, Celinda, her nicknames were

04:07 Selly and Lindy and Cherry.

04:09 Claydeen, Cloa, how cute is that for a variation on Chloe or Cleo?

04:14 Clo, Dare, Ducky, Idris,

04:18 Filigree, who went by Filo,

04:19 Firmin, who went by Firmina,

04:22 Florica, how cute is that,

04:23 and Gelsomina, who went by Gelsi.

04:26 Glasgow, Hetty, Holossan, Icy,

04:29 Elida, Iona, Ioni, two of those,

04:32 Javine, Karma, Lagora, who went by Gora.

04:36 If you haven't already, save this video now,

04:37 you're gonna want to find it again.

04:38 We have Olida or Oleta, who went by Letty,

04:41 Orpha, Ouida, Pauline,

04:44 Presentine, Quinny, Raydel,

04:46 Retta, and Rincey.

04:47 Zayla or Sela, both are correct.

04:49 Temperance, who went by Tempe,

04:51 Thespina, who went by Thessie and Pina.

04:53 Love that, it reminds me of Thespian.

04:55 Ooh, Tootsies, I'm obsessed.

04:57 Ubandina, Valerie, Vanda, Velma,

05:00 Verabel, and Vernis, spelled two ways.

05:03 Vontella, Wilda, Wiletta, Willette,

05:06 Yedda, Yolpa, who went by Opal,

05:09 Zayda, Zandalin, Zola, and Zorin.

05:13 I know, I shouldn't say I love them all, but I do.

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