Personalized baby names
The first thing you’ll give them to keep.
Tell us what your family sounds like: the languages at home, the surname, the names already taken. Ten names come back, each with its real meaning and origin.
About two minutesNo account to startTen names free
A gilded plate for any name. Preview only: nothing you type is saved or sent.
Preface
Naming a person is a lot of pressure.
The lists are endless and somehow all the same. One name is too popular, the next too out there, and your favourite has been vetoed twice. It should feel less like a final exam and more like browsing a bookshop.
- Too popular.
- Too out there.
- Reminds me of someone.
- Lovely, but not with our surname.
- My partner said no. Again.
- We’re due in six weeks.
So start with what you already know.
How it works
Your story
Tell us about the family they’re joining.
Where your family comes from and the languages spoken at home. The sounds you love, the meanings you’d like a name to carry, the surname it has to sit beside. About two minutes, and you can skip anything that doesn’t apply.
- Surname
- Hartley
- Languages at home
- English and Welsh
- Your ear
- Lyrical, on the short side
- Someone to honour
- Grandad Hugh
- Names to avoid
- The cousin’s baby. The ex. The dog.
Example answers. Discover
Ten names, each worth reading slowly.
Your first ten arrive together, each with its real meaning and origin from the reviewed name library, and each shown with your surname. Read them as a list or one at a time. Keep the ones that stop you and mark the rest not for us. Names you’ve already considered stay out of your next batch.
Fig. 1
Layla is an Arabic feminine name meaning night.Shortlist
Keep the ones that stop you.
Every name you keep lands in your Shortlist, in the order you choose. Add a private note while it’s fresh; by Thursday you won’t remember why it stopped you. When one starts to lead, move it to the top.
Start your storyYour first ten names are free.
Browse
Names with a story to tell.
Every card in Browse is researched from sources, then checked in a separate review before it’s published. Where the sources disagree about a meaning, the card says so instead of choosing the prettier answer.
Browse all namesA few names from the reviewed library, with the meanings their cards give.
Decide together
Choose separately. Decide together.
Send your partner one private link. You each choose from the same names on your own, and Rooted reveals only the ones you both kept. The wildcard you’re not ready to defend stays private.
Layla
Layla is an Arabic feminine name meaning night.
1 of 3
In this example your partner keeps Layla and Finn. Only the names you both keep would appear here.
Choosing privately · 1 of 3
An example with three names from the reviewed library. Compare is part of Premium; if your partner invites you, joining is free.
Ask
A view, not a verdict.
Choose two to ten names from your Shortlist and one question. Send the link to the few people whose view you trust; they respond without an account, and the decision stays with you.
Which name would you be happiest to say often?
Layla or Zora
They see first names only. Pause or delete the link whenever you like.
Shortlist Report
For the name that won’t leave you alone.
A Shortlist Report sets one name beside your brief: how it connects with your heritage, how it sits with the family names you want to honour, and questions to take into the conversation. Every line is checked against the reviewed name notes before you read it.
$0.99 per report, or included with Premium.
Shortlist Report
Layla
beside the Hartley brief
- Connections to your briefi
- In your familyii
- As you decideiii
- Questions to take with youiv
Connections to your brief
Layla is an Arabic feminine name meaning night. Its reviewed notes connect it with the Layla and Majnun romance, an Arab tale retold in Persian by Nizami. They don’t mention Welsh.
You told us English and Welsh are spoken at home. If the Welsh matters most, say so out loud before you decide, and ask the people you trust.
How Rooted behaves
Some things stay in the family.
Naming is a private decision, and Rooted is built that way. The only things anyone else sees are the links you choose to send.
Read the privacy policyNo profile, no feed. There’s no page about you, nothing to follow and nothing to scroll.
Your partner sees the overlap. In Compare, your partner sees only the names you both keep. The ones only you kept stay yours.
Notes stay yours. Your notes on a name are for you. Compare and Ask don’t show them.
No account needed to weigh in. People you Ask respond without signing up, and see first names only.
No due dates, no passwords. We don’t collect due dates, location or phone numbers. Sign-in is a code sent to your email.
We don’t sell personal data. Not to anyone.
Analytics on your say-so. Analytics cookies stay off unless you accept them.
Take it with you, or delete it. Download everything Rooted holds about your account, or delete it all from Settings.
Pricing
Your first ten names are on us.
Each comes with its real meaning and origin, and your Shortlist has no limit. Premium keeps fresh names coming and brings in the people you’re deciding with.
Free
$0
To start, and for as long as you like
- Your first ten personalized names
- Real meaning and origin on every name
- A Shortlist with no limit, and private notes
- Browse the reviewed library and every name profile
Premium
For deciding together$4.99a month
Renews monthly; cancel any time
- Fresh personalized names whenever you want
- Private Compare, and your partner joins free
- Ask links for a focused few
- Story fit in Browse and name profiles
- Shortlist Reports included
Start free. Go Premium whenever your Shortlist gets serious.
Or buy a single Shortlist Report for $0.99.
See full pricingWhen you’re ready
Find the name you’ll call up the stairs.
About two minutes, no account to start. Your first ten names are free.