A year or so ago, there were a bunch of my friends and family having babies around the same time. Everything about it was super exciting.
It was time to see people with who I'd done stupid things on many a day and night in the past become responsible for the life of another human being.
When the message finally came through announcing the arrival of their heir, it was incredibly heart warming.
Until they announced the name.
Boring.
Around the same time, I happened to be reading The Iliad and found myself completely unable to keep up with the onslaught of names Homer was reciting at me.
Then it occurred to me—there's so many epic names in here!
And so epicbabynames.com was born.
Apologies in advance if your name is Michael or Samantha, or indeed if you are my friend or relative that figures out who made this.
@pritraveler Good point that a lot of the names are rare, but I think that's actually the point here!
But I do love your suggestion to show some kind of social proof on the name. Perhaps I can get some data of name usage and show how common/uncommon the name is. Or perhaps showing a famous person with this name would be the right solution...
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Vitaely.me
Being a speical person is always good!
But parents may hesitate to use the names, when they think the suggested names are too rare that noone use.
How about showing a famous people who have the same name?
Giving a name really matters to parents, so they will want to check that the name isn't strange.
Vitaely.me
@pritraveler Good point that a lot of the names are rare, but I think that's actually the point here!
But I do love your suggestion to show some kind of social proof on the name. Perhaps I can get some data of name usage and show how common/uncommon the name is. Or perhaps showing a famous person with this name would be the right solution...
Thank you for the considered feedback!