Nasally Baby Names

Nasally Baby Names
Suffer from sinus issues? Prone to colds? When you're all stuffed up, the nasal consonants M and N don't come out quite right. So, if you're someone whose nose is often clogged, you may want to avoid baby names with nasal consonants.

Yes, this might sound like a strange way to choose a baby name. But let's be honest -- you'll be saying your child's name a lot more often than your child will. Why not choose something you can pronounce perfectly under all circumstances?

Below are well over 100 nasally names to be wary of. First, the trickiest group -- names that contain three distinct M- or N-sounds.

Antonina
Antonino
Benjamin
Clementina
Clementine

Manning
Maximilian
Montgomery
Norman
Normina


Next, many of the names with 2 distinct M- or N-sounds:

Amanda
Amani
Amina
Anderson
Angelina
Annamarie
Anthony
Armando
Arminta
Brandon
Brennan
Brenton
Carmen
Carmine
Channing
Clinton
Damon
Desmond
Dominic
Dominique
Emmanuel
Fernanda
Fernando
Finnegan
Franklin
Gwendolyn
Hermione
Imani
Ingram
Jemima

Jonathan
Kingston
Lamont
Landon
MacKenna
MacKenzie
Madelyn
Madison
Malcolm
Manon
Manuel
Manuela
Marina
Marni
Mason
Maxim
Maxima
Maximus
Melanie
Melinda
Memphis
Mimi
Mina
Mindy
Minnie
Mona
Monica
Monique
Monte
Morgan

Mortimer
Muhammad
Myrna
Myron
Naima
Nancy
Naomi
Nathan
Nathaniel
Nehemiah
Newman
Nilam
Nina
Noam
Noemi
Norma
Philomena
Ramon
Raymond
Roman
Samantha
Santana
Santino
Simon
Simone
Sumner
Trenton
Solomon
Vincent
Wilhelmina


Finally, a small selection of the thousands of names that contain just 1 M- or N-sound.

Adam
Amy
Anna
Connor
Daniel
Emma
Emmett
Hannah
Henry
Hunter
Inga
Ingrid

James
Jennifer
Kimberly
Marie
Matthew
Michael
Pamela
Omar
Oona
Summer
Thomas
Timothy


There are hundreds of names out there with just one M- or N-sound, though -- keep this in the back of your mind as you search for names.


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