The names listed on the website are mainly US centric, even the foreign names are presented in generally accepted “Americanized” version.

Features:

• Find out correct name pronunciations of actors, athletes, politicians, newsmakers, brands, and more.
• Search and browse names and brands by categories.
• Currently most of the listed names are names of public figures in US.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar sites: HowToSayThatName and PronounceNames.

Check out TheNameEngine @ www.thenameengine.com

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Furthermore, users who are willing to contribute to the site may unlisted names by recording correct pronunciations for them.

Features:

• Provides correct name pronunciations.
• Search names and browse alphabetically.
• Contribute by adding and recording correct pronunciations of names.
• No registration needed.
• Similar websites: HowToSayThatName.

Check out PronouncNames @ www.pronouncenames.com (via Lifehacker)

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Enter your birth date and DeadAtYourAge will present you with a list of famous actors, musicians, politicians, heroes… etc. along with their achievments. You can also register, leave comments and subscribe to get notified when you outlive somebody interesting.

Features:

• Check which famous people passed away before reaching your age.
• Register to leave comments and get RSS feed or email updates.

Check out DeadAtYourAge @ dead.atyourage.com (via Downloadsquad)

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• Write Like An Egyptian
• WorldNamesProfiler: Surname Map Of The World

The application is provided by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Features:

• Write your name in Egyptian hieroglyphs.
• Hieroglyphs presented in a vertical form.
• Save name image on to your computer.
• Free tool, provided by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaelogy and Anthropology.

Try Write Like an Egyptian @ www.upennmuseum.com/hieroglyphsreal.cgi (via Labnol)

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You can select 3 favorite names and post them onto you Facebook account.  This tool is perfect If you want to come up with really original name for your pet.

Features:

• Online mushed up name generator.
• Generate as many names as you like.
• Post names on your Facebook account.
• Other name generators: Suggest.Name and Fake Name Generator.

Check out Name Musher @ www.namemasher.com

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You can either search the meaning of an name you know or look for a new name in its various categorized lists. Possibilities are countless, here is the list of things you can do:

• Names Browser: Search for English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Indian, Irish, Mythology, Biblical, African, much more names…
• All About name meanings and origins: You can browse names and their meanings (etymology and history), search for etymological elements in given names, see a list of languages, browse other topics in the glossary, read articles and current events about names, there are also frequently asked questions about names
• Popular Names: See the most popular names for births in different countries and years.
• Namesakes: Find which famous people share their first name with you.
• Name Days: Search for names associated with the days of the year
• Interaction & Tools: Message Boards: categorized boards for posting messages, Polls: create and browse polls, Name Translator: search names translation from English to almost any language, Submit a Name help them improve their database
• Fun Stuff: Random Renamer, Anagram Names, Name Themes, Names For Twins
• Name of the Day

MakeUseOf has covered several other baby naming sites easrlier, see Nymbler, NamepediA and What A Lovely Name.

Visit BehindtheName @ www.behindthename.com (by Lucas Gabriel Artigas from Get-it-Rght)

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The site database holds data on about 300 million people in 26 countries covering major part of Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India. You can run a search on a whole database or a particular geographical area or ethnic group (nationality).

Features:

• Surname map site to check geo distribution of any name.
• Search the whole database or a particular country/group.
• Indexes over 300 million people in 26 countries covering most of Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India.
• No sign-up needed.

Check out WorldNamesProfiler @ www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames

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Features:

• Find out how to pronounce names correctly.
• Search names, browse alphabetically and sort by language.
• Listen to names pronounced by native speakers.
• No registration needed.

Visit HowToSayThatName @ www.howtosaythatname.com

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The website has a very large name database that was formed with the help of user submissions, interviews, national census data, birth statistics, phone books etc.

It further lets you become a member and contribute to the site by suggesting changes to name descriptions or rating suggestions of others. There is also a Firefox addon that lets you quickly check out names and get phonetic spellings for foreign ones.

Features:

• Get the meaning, history, frequency, origin, popularity and translation for any name.
• Lookup celebrities or famous people with the same name.
• Get ideas for baby names.
• Phonetic spellings provided as well
• Firefox addon and Google gadget available.
• No signup or registration necessary (unless you want to contribute)

Check out NamepediA @ www.namepedia.org

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