You can buy anything and everything online. From the smallest tablet to the largest statue, from the most insignificant bead to the very useful solar panel. And even the ugliest piece of furniture and the most beautiful dress are available online. But how about shopping for a baby name? Now this idea is truly unique. Pregnant women would be thrilled to know that there is a service that can help them skip the confusion of choosing a baby’s name. Would this actually help mothers or is this just a waste of money? You be the judge.

Well known for its annual Bounty Baby Name poll, Bounty.com has just launched a new and improved baby names  section which promises to be a one stop shop for all parents-to-be looking for help and advice in finding the perfect baby name.

Choosing a baby name can certainly be one of the most difficult decisions parents have to make, and with a recent study by Bounty finding that one in five parents regret the names they have chosen for their children – it’s more important than ever to choose a name that you and your child will love for the rest of their life. This new section features a host of unique and handy new functions and tools to help you decide on baby names. Whether your heart is set on a name and you want to find out more about its origin or meaning, have absolutely no idea how to go about choosing a name or simply want to find a name rated by others as ‘cool’ or ‘exotic’, Bounty.com is the go-to site for all your naming needs. In just one click you can search:

- Boys names or girls names

- Regional mapping (search the popularity of names throughout the UK
based on where you live)

- Middle names (search for names that are most commonly used as middle
names with your chosen first name)

- Sibling names (search for common sibling names alongside your chosen
first name)

- Rate names according to how ‘cool’, ‘great’, ‘traditional’, ‘exotic’,
‘unique’ they are

- Find out nick-names, explore famous people names, and characters
featured in books, TV or film

- Find out who else likes the names you do and ask friends and family to
confidentially rate your favourite names

- Name trend graph showing if names are in declining/growing in
popularity

- Search using letters of the alphabet, number of syllables, origin, and
meaning

- Collate your own ‘shopping basket’ of preferred names

About Bounty

Bounty is the UK’s favourite parenting club, providing information, support and products for young families throughout the four key-life stages: pre-birth, birth, toddlers and pre-school. With 2.5 million members and over 50,000 new members joining every month, Bounty reaches 9 out of 10 new and expectant parents in the UK through its Bounty bag sampling. Bounty has 750,000 opted-in members and a further 28,000 new members joining each month.

Related articles:

• 1-in-5 parents regret their children’s names (newslite.tv)
• Revealed: Baby name regrets (thesun.co.uk)