Unconventional Decision: Parents Turn To ChatGPT For Baby's Name, Impressed By Its Exceptional Suggestions

Naming a child is an extremely personal and important decision to make. Not only do they have to like a name, but they also have to use it for the rest of their lives. Some people even take baby name consultations for the same, some just name themselves; either way, it's really a life-changing moment.

You can always change your name once you are an adult, but the name that your parents, who gave you birth, gave you has got to be special.

When it comes to naming a kid, most parents look to baby books for ideas or ask their friends and relatives for suggestions.

However, one mother has described how she requested a shortlist of names from ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI.

The mother asked ChatGPT to name her kid

"What are some baby names I'd like?" she inquired of the AI. My taste is preppy and elegant, and I prefer last names as first names." ChatGPT returned 20 choices, which she thought were "a little too preppy for her taste," so she adjusted her question.

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"Can you send me a list of baby names I might like?" the expecting mother said. I prefer names that are trending in the top 500 and last names as first names. Reagan and Brooks are my current children." She informed Reddit users after reading the list, "ChatGPT really delivered with this next list." I'm really into a lot of these, and I just wanted to share in case anyone else needs a baby name consultation but doesn't want to pay for it."

Many other parents also did the same

However, it appears that she is not the only parent who uses artificial intelligence to name her children, since other parents have admitted to doing the same.

A user also asked ChatGPT to give their first child's name and asked it for names that went well with it and had a similar vibe, and it gave them their other child's name as the second option. "Neither name is in the top 1000 so I was pretty impressed and creeped out," they added.

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Another user, who has been using ChatGPT, uses the bot to help them name their MMO characters. "I¡¯ll ask for something made-up and extremely uncommon (since names are always taken/unavailable on online games) for inspiration and it¡¯s helped me come up with some great stuff," the user added.

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Another user thinks "this is amazing" and thinks she got some great names in there. They just ran their daughter's name through ChatGPT and asked for some boys names to match. The first two names were struck off our list due to family connections. Their son¡¯s actual name was third on the list.

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