The Shortlist: Baby Names
Match names with your partner
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Skip the list of 50,000 names. Take a 2-minute taste quiz, swipe a deck made just for you, and find a name you and your partner both love. No ads. No accounts.
Find a baby name you'll love, together.
The Shortlist is a baby names app made for couples and respectful of your time. Instead of scrolling through 50,000 names, you take a quick taste quiz, swipe a curated deck of 15 names matched to you, and build a shortlist of the ones you love.
Got a partner? Send them a link. They swipe the same deck, and you see exactly where you matched.
NAMES THAT BRIDGE CULTURES
The quiz spans 13 cultural heritages: Latin, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Greek, Middle Eastern, South Asian, East and Southeast Asian, African, Scandinavian and more. From different backgrounds? Pick more than one, and names that work across both cultures rank higher in your deck. Built for families who want a name that honours two heritages.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Take the 2-minute taste quiz: heritage, era, energy, meaning, popularity
2. Swipe 15 names hand-matched to your taste
3. Build your shortlist: save names, hear pronunciations, read meanings
4. Send your partner a link and they swipe the same names
5. See what you both loved, and crown a favourite together
WHAT YOU GET
- Over 3,500 baby names, each with origin, meaning and a written vibe
- Heritage matching across 13 traditions, with bonus weighting for names that bridge cultures
- Audio pronunciation for every name
- Save your shortlist as a keepsake image
- Couples mode: share a link, see where you match
- Conversation Starters and a compatibility score for the two of you
- The crowned-name moment, when you both pick the same favourite
WHAT'S NOT IN HERE
- No ads
- No accounts or sign-ups
- No tracking, no analytics, no third-party data
- No nagging notifications
Your shortlist lives only on your phone. The partner-share link is built on your device, and we never see it.
MADE FOR YOU IF
- You want help choosing a name without the doomscroll
- You and your partner come from different backgrounds and want a name that honours both
- You like clean apps that respect your time and your data
Made in the UK with too many cups of tea.
Ratings & Reviews
The developer, Ratio Decidendi Limited, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Ratio Decidendi Limited
- Size
- 33.5 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ratio Decidendi Limited