I worked in the neonatal ICU for years and saw some CRAZY names for babies. I came up with a rule that before you name your baby, you should picture them as a baby, a middle schooler, and a powerful CEO with that name. If it doesn’t fit all three scenarios, please don’t pick that name. 😂

My middle name is "Snow" and I just love it as a middle name. The reason why it's my middle name is because when my parents came over to Canada from Vietnam and were pregnant with me, it was the first time they saw snow!

Oo just started your video and when you said Scott would be a boy middle name I immediately thought Ryder Scott would be adorable!!

Cove is so cute, but with COVID in the mix I feel like that’s totally out lol

James Goot sounds awesome but Snow Goot sounds too much like Snow Boot. Good call on letting that one go. Maybe for a pet?

I don’t even want children, zero interest in them, but I find names and peoples reasonings for what they like and don’t like so interesting.

I just wanted to send a huge thank you for these videos. Being quarantined at home is very difficult so at the end of the day I watch some of these to really relax. I think it’s really nice of you. Love from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦

My cat's name is Adelaide! We call her Addie, or Badelaide, or Fatelaide, or Catelaide, or just Fatty.

Are there names Alex likes but you aren’t a fan of?

Snow Goot sounds like Snow Boot

Elle! I just had the dumbest video idea that I love: a day in the life of my cats 😂 I have cats so I know how exciting those days are, but man... your cats are so cute, I’d watch the heck out if it!

Our little boys name is Henry ❣️ we don’t hear it very often! He is such a Henry, too! Strong, handsome and a complete sweetheart!

For some reason I just stumbled upon your channel and GIRL!!! I remember watching your channel back when you were in college and now you're a completely grown woman with a child, house and everything! I feel soooo old now when I realize how much has changed since then!

Love the regular uploads Elle. I feel like it's 2008. I'm here for it. Sending you baby wishes ❤️🙏

Living for this fun series I don’t want it to end!! Please do it again soon 😊

You did a really good job of giving real and interesting reasons why you love these names and why you might not use them. These videos are usually boring because all they ever say is "It's such a cute name, I don't know I just love it!".

I’m so glad you made these videos. Really helping me keep calm during this hard time.

Hi Elle, I am loving your daily miniseries. I’m in complete isolation here in Australia due to having a practically wiped out immune system from ongoing treatment. These little videos are awesome and I just wanted to say a big thank you for taking the time to make them. I know you are a busy working Mommy and Wife and it means so much that you are taking the time to do this for us. Your videos are the highlight of my day!! Being in complete isolation is horrible but so necessary at this time. Thank you for making my life a little brighter each day during this really crazy and uncertain time all around the world. I’m sure there’s thousands of grateful subscribers just like me. 💛💛💜 xxxx

Sebastian Scott Goot sounds sooo good. Love that combo. And I've always been a huge fan of the name Tristan as well but would probably never use it either.

Henry Goot (in my opinion) sounds good together and is a good solid traditional, royalty related name; especially with the middle name Scott I think it sounds quite excellent together. *Henry Scott Goot* or even *Scott Henry Goot* flows really beautifully.

I’ve always loved the name Adelaide but felt it was too much to say and not easy enough to say but with the nickname lady it is now back on my list. I’m so glad you are doing this series. 💜

I love your idea of uploading lots of videos whilst we are all in isolation. So thoughtful and smart! I’ve been wondering why people weren’t putting out more videos because nows the time we are all watching more content!

Have you considered Silas for a boy? It gives me the same feel as your list. It's an older name, slightly southern, two syllable, goes well with Goot - Silas Goot. James and Silas. It's my top name but my husband doesn't love it and our last name starts with S anyway so I probably wouldn't use this.

Can we see Pinecone in one of your future videos? I miss him ❤️

Love this video. Luna and Valentina are my top 2 options to use as a middle name if we have a girl (Sienna as first name) ❤️

I’ve had Sebastian on my list forever and love Bash for short, but I NEVER hear people suggesting it!! It’s always Seb, Sebs, Sebbie 🤢 hate all 3 but Bash is so handsome 🥰

Dear Elle, I am one of your OG fans (2009 and onwards!) and didn't know you were back filming and uploading videos! I am so glad to see you happy and doing well! I also really enjoyed the video because you actually included both "traditional" and quirky names! I find most people on KZfaq list really improbable names that I can't actually picture people having! Hope you're staying safe!

You're sounding so much more Southern since you've moved out of LA. I'm so glad you've come back to YT, I've been watching you since your college pink room with the Eiffel tower painting. I have 2 boys Jude and Rory. It's so hard to name kids.

Valentina and Sofia are super common names in Chile and Argentina and I think I have some 6 cousins with those names there. I had a co-worker last named White and he named his daughter Snow. Most people at work thought it was a bad idea but would not tell him. You really should have taken into account how many times she will have to deal with this name throughout her life.

Wait I hate that everyone else didn't like Elliot because I could totally see you with a little boy named Elliot... honestly some of these names shocked me that you liked them (I guess because James is such a traditional name I assumed you like more traditional names) but Elliot was one that I was like YES that just fits your child!!

Girls: 1) Luna . 2) Valentina. 3) Snow. 4) Sofia. 5) Clementine (Minnie). 6) Margot. 7) Adelaide. 8) Lily 9) Flerr. 10) Scarlet. 11) Bow. 12) Isla. Boys: 1) Sebastian. 2) Cove. 3) Elliot. 4) Tristan. 5) Troy. 6) Jake. 7) Phoenix. 8) Storm. 9) Ember. 10) Chase. 11) Cotten 12) Caspian.

I love the one syllable names with your last name!

I have been requesting this like crazy.. made my day! I have an Adeline and loved the name Sophia for years but didn’t choose it for the same reason you mentioned.

Snow Goot would be teased at school and called Snow Boot or Ugg or something!

Fowler would be great boy name

Please start doing glitteratures again or just any book related content!!! Love you!!!

Tristan reminds me of Tristan Thompson LOL

Henry would be cute with your last name

And I absolutely have the same taste in names as you do! I LOVE most of the names on your list, Valentina, Adeline and Caspian especially!

Isla is such a gorgeous name and has been on our list for a while.. I’m 5 weeks with baby 2 and so excited to keep thinking about names! 💕

I love that you did this video! I’m obsessed with baby names. And you had so many good ones I’ve never thought of. Snow is so pretty but it made giggle when you said Snow Goot and I thought of snow boot 😅

I love the name Lily. I don't think James and Lily necessarily conjures up Harry Potter. (Ha, see what I did there?)

This is hands down the best baby names video I've seen - thank you so much for sharing Elle! Lily and Isla are already my choice although Isla is very popular where I'm from in Scotland xx

When I was in high school I decided that I would have 5 sons. Because, you know, you have a choice in this matter. My sons would be named Michael, Gabriel, Liam, Aiden and Caleb. Fast forward to my early 20s when I met my would-be husband and he said that HIS sons would have African names because we're (South) African. 5 or so years later we welcomed 2 boys into the world and named them Amri (Swahili : Power) and Kudjo (Swahili : Monday's Child). Amri was born at 28 weeks (3 months prem) and he certainly powered through his first 7 weeks of life in incubation. And Kudjo, low and behold, was born on a Monday.

Snow Goot all I hear is Snow Boot, but I do love the name Snow.

These names really surprised me! James Alexander is so classic (and I love it). I was really expecting more classic names. I love Sofia but I agree it is so popular right now!

I’ve always loved the name Clementine too, but I never thought about the nickname Minnie for that name! So cute!

We have a Wesson Daniel, 2, and an Alice Rae, who is 1 month old. I love these videos! Thanks for doing this one!

Omg so many cute Harry Potter names: James, Lily, Luna, Fleur, Phoenix... as you kept saying them I instantly thought of the series!

I’m 24 weeks pregnant and we have decided on the name Clementine June if it’s a girl! My husband doesn’t really like Minnie for a nickname so we are using Cici. If this baby is a boy we like Atticus!! We already have a little boy named Phoenix. You have great taste!!

Cove I always loved that name for a girl way before aspyn named her daughter that. Another name I really love is Harper.

Sebastian was my favorite for my second son, but husband was not on board with that. Like you, I love the nick name 'Bash'. I have a Balian (boy 4 yr), Liam (boy 2 year), and my daughter Esme Celes (5 months). Balian, Liam, Esme. In my head I always still think what it would have been like if it were Balian, Sebastian, and Esme. But let me tell you, my Liam is a fireball. He would have fit Sebastian well haha

OMG you talked about Once Upon a Time! I absolutely adore that show

Hey Elle, been watching since 8th grade and now I’ve been married for a year- I’ve literally grown with you lol. While watching this video something interesting I thought of is when considering baby names my husband and I have to think about nicknames but also how it sounds in Spanish. Sebastián sounds dignified and intelligent in Spanish. I also like that name.

Jake? From State Farm? At 3 in the morning?

This is the first video I've seen of yours. I love that your son is James Alexander! I have three little ones, and my youngest son (4 months old) is Castiel James Alexander. ❤

Isla has become so unbelievable popular

Some of these names I really love but since we live in Germany I'm always looking at how names will be pronounced in German and the most beautiful English name might sound terrible 😅 We're currently selecting names for our second baby which is due in october but we don't know for sure if it's a boy or girl (OB said 80% girl but I've had so many friends who were also told the same but got a boy in the end). We have a little girl called Melinda Josephine. For a girl we currently love Cassandra, Olivia, Mathilda and Felicia and for boys Theodor, Corvin, Oscar and Tristan are top of the list ❤

Caroline Goot (pronounced Care-uh-line) sounds so southern and sweet!

You literally said my top boy and girl name in this video!!!crazy 😱 Scarlett and Elliott. I love the name isla as well

I really like the name Snow, and I don't want to ruin it for you, but Snow Goot just sounds so similar to snow boot. Maybe it's just because I'm from Minnesota but still 😂

Loved this, felt like we were just having a girls chat in your bathroom! Thanks for lifting my spirits :)

Snow Goot hahah kind of like Snow Boot

I’m loving these videos! Thanks Elle 😊

Our toddler's name is Dante Gael, I love Luna too and Cove but being Mexican I always try for all names to sound well in Spanish and English. Also, something that goes well with our last name (Marquez) Lucca and Bruno are my top two for another boy. Not sure yet for a girl but we like Ellie and Lumiere ( maybe even as first and middle name).

Oh my gosh I love your bath tub! Where is the mixer tap/shower attachment from? x

You don’t even know how much these videos are improving my quarantine ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm not parent - hopefully one day when I find a partner! But I am an early childhood educator (teacher for ages 0-6 years) and I love watching these to see what kind of names are popular in different areas!

You have beautiful taste in names! I loved every name on your list...we have very similar naming styles, it seems. But I feel you on the one syllable last name thing. When I was a teenager I only wanted to go by "Jenn" because I thought it sounded more "grown-up" than Jenny and now I regret it because everyone STILL knows me as Jenn almost 15 years later and I hate the way it sounds with my last name lol. I think Snow is a gorgeous name but I did kind of chuckle when you said "Snow Goot" lol. Maybe if you paired it with a longer middle name, though it could work!!

Our baby boy is due in August and we are naming him Sullivan and calling him “Sully” I’m in love with his name💙

When you said Valentina I thought of the HOT SAUCE 🤣 I mean it’s cute but I can’t get that out of my head

I never realized your baby was named James Alexander. My baby’s name is Alexander James lol

I thought you'd be team Alex with the very traditional names but there's some really lovely ones in there. When you started to say Caspian I thought you were going to say Casper which I think would be adorable. Casper Goot !

These were all the names on my list when I had my daughter. My top two were Quinn and Paisley. I went with Paisley Quinn. She is very bright and bold and beautiful.

Luna & Valentina are beautiful girls names. For me, I love Lydia. In my family, the names Maria ( father's side ) and Richard ( mother's side ) are part of the lineage. Thank you for the video, Elle! Every name you mentioned sounded precious. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts and feelings. Hope you and your family are doing well and staying safe. Take care! 👍🤟🤗

I can absolutely see you using Elliott. Love it! James and Elliott. Although I’m really hoping you have a girl, so you can experience having at least one of each gender

I live the nickname Bash! It reminds me of that show Reign. Have you ever seen it?

Sebastian is my favourite baby boy name with the nickname Bash as well!! Lol when you said that I was like YAS! My husband also says no :(

Like your husband I prefer more traditional baby names. I also have a granddaughter called Clementine which I love. For a boy have you considered Edmund? Not as common as Edward and I started typing this comment just before you mentioned Caspian and I was going to mention Narnia. I have a friend with a three year old Caspian. It’s a great name.

I've been laughing for 10 minutes from the Sebastian reference...hahaahha. I would have never linked it to Disney and now I can't unsee it.

You picked such good names! I love Sebastian too, and it is the middle name of a famous composer! I can't have children, especially not now, but if I did, my son would be named Aidan Tristan. I also love the name Liam. I just love your channel Elle, you seem so down to earth and genuine. Thank you for your hard work.

Hi Elle! Been a subscriber for at least 10 years... And just now I come to realise you like my name 😅😅 I love it too. It was pretty popular in Uruguay in the 90s. My nickname is Vale o Valen

i realize this would be unnecessary lol but i think u should do a video giving pairs of baby names that you would name twins! i just think baby name videos are so fun! also im sure you have already seen her but there is a woman named SJ on youtube whose channel is devoted to baby names and i love her videos. highly recommend her channel!

Elle - I don’t like names that work for both genders Also Elle - is want to name my boys, Phoenix, ember, and storm. 😂

This is the first time I’ve heard my daughters name on a list. My daughters name is Ember. Every time we say her name people ooo and say they love it.❤️

Sebastian is my favorite. Probably going to be my son's name. I'm due in September.

Names are so important. I’m glad you are thinking about the rhythm with the number of syllables and how it rolls off the tongue! I also think it’s important to think if they will be “beaten up on the playground names” where people would be relentless making fun of them. I have to say, one of your names fits that category from my perspective and... that’s Snow Goot. Say it again with a German accent... “that’s Snow Goot”, really “that’s Snow Goot” and I’m 100% positive she would be very, very good! Also Storm reminds me of “The Bold and the Beautiful” soap opera... which might not be all bad as he sounds ruggedly handsome! Something I always like to consider is if the name sounds like a leader. If you give your child the name Bubba, there’s nowhere to go from there, except for maybe Bub. If his name is James, he can also be Jim, Jimmy, Jazz... depending on his personality and personal preference. Or William can be Bill, Will, Billy, etc. I like names that sounds strong and successful and a bit more formal, but can be shortened to all sorts of versions to fit them at any given stage of their life. There is so much to consider and everyone has there own preferences, or used to know a mean kid with that name, so it’s ruined for life! You’ll get it all figured out when the time is right. And in the end, if you want to name your child Asparagus, that’s completely your call... but stock up on ice packs and bandages! 😉😉😁😂🤣

I could totally picture you having a Victoria, btw. How about Weston, in place of Colton- similar vibes but not as southern

❤️ Benjamin and Charlotte ❤️. They would both be lovely with James

one of my top boy names is ellis, but i don't think i would ever use it because i would like each member of the fam to have their own initial, and e is already taken by me haha...james and ellis i feel like go well together

Isla is beautiful!

My oldest daughter's name is Liliana and a lot of people call her Lily. I call her Lana.

My son is Grayson Charles. Absolutely in love. Two of your boy names are on our future list... Chase and Colton. Love them!!

I named my little girl Harbour ☺️ She gets called Harper a lot which I know will be annoying in school for her. But I just fell in love with the name and I knew if I had a girl that’s what I wanted to use.

I am pregnant and I am choosing names for my list with meanings that I love. Our top boy name currently is Matthew Saul which means "prayed for gift," (we tried for 8 years for this pregnancy), but some of the more classic names that you might be able to talk your husband into could be Asher or Theodore. Asher sounds very modern and cool, but is an old Biblical name that means happiness. Theodore means "devine gift" and lends itself well to a variety of nicknames that could grow with the child. Also, both would sound cute with your accent.

I LOVE this video! My mom and I are just as obsessed with thinking of names as you and your mom are!!!

I love your names Elle. Snow is so cute and never would have thought of that. I also love Clementine but I like Clem as a nickname. My daughter’s middle name is Lily and my 3 year old son’s name is Tristan which I loved from that movie too. My 3 kids names are Cora Lily, Tristan Vitruvius, and Zelda Joyce.

When you mention the name Garnet from a book...is it The Jewel?! I read the series and it made me instantly think of it!

We have a lovely little boy called Lucas Adam. I’m currently expecting a little girl in June, called Evelyn Grace 😊

OMG when you said Isla I almost fell of my chair because that's the middle name I have picked out for my future daughter!!! I'm only 20, but I like to plan things early lol