Praenomprænom
Quiz

Praenom tools

Six tools. One name.

Every tool runs free. No signup, no email gate. Use them in any order. Use them once. Use them all year.

no. 01 / 06

Name quiz

Six small questions. One name picked for the kind of person you'd want them to be.

Start here if you have no idea.

no. 02 / 06

Sibling match

Pair a name with one that sounds like it grew up under the same roof.

For the second child.

no. 03 / 06

Popularity tracker

145 years of SSA data. Rising, plateaued, fading from record.

Know what you're walking into.

no. 04 / 06

Name combiner

Two names in, something neither of you has heard before.

When the perfect blend doesn't exist yet.

no. 05 / 06

Sound explorer

Pick a phoneme, get the family of names that share its shape.

Love the sound, not the name.

no. 06 / 06

Middle-name finder

Score middle names against the first you already love.

For the awkward middle slot.

field notes

Most useful when,

  1. Choosing siblings

    Start at the first name. Run sibling match. Confirm with sound explorer.

    open sibling match

  2. Avoiding trends

    Look up popularity. If it spiked five years ago and you're seeing it everywhere, you'll keep seeing it.

    open popularity tracker

  3. Stuck for a middle

    You have the first. Score 50 candidates against it in 30 seconds.

    open middle-name finder

the route

They work together.

  1. 01

    Quiz

    station 1 / 04

  2. 02

    Tracker

    station 2 / 04

  3. 03

    Sibling

    station 3 / 04

  4. 04

    Middle

    station 4 / 04

Quiz gives a starting name. Tracker tells what you’re getting into. Sibling matches the next child. Middle name finishes the set.