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Jack Lin
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Based in Taipei, Taiwan
Jack is a software engineer based in Taipei, Taiwan. He built NamesPop because the naming tools he found online all felt the same: slow, ad-heavy, and better at gathering SEO keywords than answering a parent's actual question.
He spends most of his writing time on trend analysis, data provenance, and the question of how software changes the small family decisions that used to happen in living rooms. Lately he has been thinking about how algorithms shape naming itself — what it means when a top-100 list starts to feel like a recommendation engine.
He lives with a rabbit named Money, which is where most of his pet-naming opinions come from.
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Maeva
Maeva is a Polynesian — specifically Tahitian and Hawaiian — name meaning "welcome" or "she is welcome." With only about 1,260 SSA records and a 2023 peak, Maeva is rare, rising,…
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Malakhi
Malakhi is a Hebrew name meaning "my messenger" or "my angel," a phonetic variant of Malachi — the name of the final prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the last book of the Old Testa…
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Malaki
Malaki is a variant spelling of Malachi — the Hebrew name meaning "my messenger" or "my angel," from mal'akh (מַלְאָך), meaning messenger or angel. Malachi is also the name of the…
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Malek
Malek is an Arabic name meaning "king" or "sovereign": a royal, direct meaning from the Arabic root malak or malik . With 2,965 SSA records and a 2023 peak, Malek is the Western-t…
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Mariela
Mariela is a Spanish and Italian diminutive of Maria — from the Hebrew Miriam, a name of uncertain ancient meaning, possibly "beloved" or "bitter" or "sea of sorrow." With about 1…
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Marquis
Marquis is a French aristocratic title — the rank between duke and count in the European nobility hierarchy — that became a first name in African-American communities in the late…
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Maxton
Maxton is a Scottish Gaelic place name meaning "Mack's settlement" — from the personal name Mack or Mac (son of) combined with Old English tun (settlement, farm). Ranked #1274 wit…
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Merritt
Merritt is an Old English surname meaning "boundary gate" — from mǣre (boundary) and geat (gate), originally denoting someone who lived near the boundary of an estate or village.…
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Miya
Miya is a Japanese name with several possible meanings depending on the kanji used: most commonly miyabi (elegance, refinement) or compounds using mi (beautiful) and ya (valley, h…
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Monserrat
Monserrat is the Spanish form of Montserrat — from the Catalan mont serrat , meaning "jagged mountain" or "serrated mountain." With about 7,920 SSA records and a 2014 peak, Monser…
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Montserrat
Montserrat is a Spanish name with Catalan and Latin roots — from the Latin mons serratus meaning "jagged mountain" — that originated as a title of the Virgin Mary associated with…
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Muhammadali
Muhammadali is a compound Arabic name — combining Muhammad ("praiseworthy," from the root hamida ) and Ali ("high," "exalted") — that appears as a single given name in some Arabic…
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Mylee
Mylee is an American-created spelling variant of Miley — a compound nickname of Emily or a variant of Smiley — that peaked in 2008 alongside Miley Cyrus's rise to fame. With 4,305…
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Naila
Naila is an Arabic name meaning "one who succeeds" or "one who attains her goal" — a quietly aspirational name that has been used across Arabic-speaking communities, South Asian M…
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Navi
Navi is a Hebrew name, a feminine form of Navi meaning "prophet" or "to foretell", that has also picked up modern cultural resonance through two very different pop culture sources…
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Nayla
Nayla is an Arabic name — a variant of Naila meaning "one who attains" or "one who succeeds" — that exchanges the -ila ending for -yla, giving it a slightly more streamlined and W…
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Niam
Niam is an Arabic name meaning "blessings" or "grace", from the Arabic ni'ma denoting divine favor and abundance. With 1,672 SSA records and a 2021 peak, Niam is a fresh presence…
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Nick
Nick is the short form of Nicholas, a Greek name meaning "victory of the people", that has functioned as a standalone given name since at least the early twentieth century. With 5…
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Nikko
Nikko is a Greek-rooted name, a variant spelling of Nico — itself a short form of Nicholas, meaning "victory of the people" from nike (victory) and laos (people). Ranked #1289 wit…
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Obadiah
Obadiah is one of the most ancient Hebrew names in active use — a compound of oved (servant) and Yah (God), meaning "servant of God." With 2,416 SSA records and a 2024 peak, Obadi…
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