Bothnames

Find the name you both love

The hard part is not finding names. It is agreeing on one.

Bothnames holds 16,423 baby names from India, the United States, Britain, Spain & Latin America and Japan — every one with a real meaning, an origin and a pronunciation. It works entirely on your phone, with no account and no internet connection.

Two parents, one phone

Pass the phone back and forth. You each swipe in private, and neither sees the other's choices until you have both finished — then only the names you both liked.

A decider, not a list

Still stuck? The mutual likes go head to head, two at a time, until one name is left standing.

Birth-star names

The nakshatra worked out from the date, time and zone of birth, with the pada and the syllables that traditionally begin the name.

Bought once

No subscription, no adverts, and nothing held back behind an upgrade. All 16,423 names are there the moment you install it.

Nothing leaves your phone

Bothnames has no internet permission at all — not restricted, not optional. The app is technically incapable of making a network request. Your shortlist, your matches and your baby's birth details stay on your device, and the birth details are not saved even between sessions.

You do not have to take our word for it. An Android app can only reach the network if it declares the INTERNET permission. Bothnames does not declare it, and you can check that yourself on the installed app with aapt2 dump permissions or any APK inspector.