The questions that actually matter

Yes. Names Done Right uses AI as an assisted synthesis layer, and we're upfront about it. AI can assist with bounded candidate expansion, interpreting the preferences and feedback supplied through intake, and report wording.

Structured reference data and deterministic code — not the AI — own factual checks such as returned popularity evidence, spelling arithmetic, and safety rules. The workflow runs those deterministic data and safety checks before the scheduled reveal, applies the constraints you supplied, and flags uncertainty. You're getting a data-grounded report, not a generic chat response.

Fair question, and here's the honest answer: you absolutely can open a free chatbot and ask it for baby names. Some people will, and that's fine.

What you'd be doing yourself is the work we do for you: building a structured intake, grounding factual report elements in reference data instead of whatever a model guesses, applying optional tradition layers through their respective engines, running deterministic data and safety checks, and producing a scheduled keepsake reveal. A generic chatbot can invent a meaning, miss that a name is rising in popularity, or fumble a cultural tradition.

Names Done Right is the difference between "ask a chatbot" and a data-grounded shortlist built for one specific family. If the free route works for you, we genuinely hope you find a name you love. If you want a structured, data-grounded process, that's what you're paying us for.

Yes, it's a real service, and checkout is secure. Names Done Right is an independent service created by Barry Ram; it does not claim to be an incorporated company or a large team. Read more about who's behind it and contact support by email.

We'd rather give you concrete ways to judge us than ask for blind trust. Before you spend a cent, you can read a complete, clearly labeled fictional sample report, see our transparent methodology page, and review the published policy.

On payment safety: checkout runs on Stripe, one of the most widely used and trusted payment processors in the world. Your card details go straight to Stripe over an encrypted connection — they never touch our servers and we never see or store your full card number.

No. Tradition layers are entirely optional and turned off by default. You'll get an excellent, data-grounded shortlist with no tradition layer at all if that's what you want — most of the work is meaning, sound, fit, and popularity, none of which require a tradition.

If your family values numerology, astrology, a Vedic nakshatra reading, or gematria, opt into any of those layers at intake. Every layer you opt into is included with the paid report at no separate layer charge; none is added without your say-so.

Yes — Names Done Right is designed to be used before the baby arrives. That's actually the ideal time. Our intake is built around expecting parents: you share your due date and, optionally, the parents' birth details, and we build your shortlist from there.

If you've chosen a tradition layer that depends on the baby's exact birth details (such as a Vedic nakshatra reading), here's the part we love: after your baby is born, you can send us the actual birth date, time, and place, and we'll do a free post-birth nakshatra refinement. You get the planning value now and the precision later, at no extra cost.

Already had your baby? That's perfectly fine too — Names Done Right works just as well after the birth.

Most reports are scheduled within a few hours of a completed intake. We don't deliver the instant you finish the form: the report is built from your intake, runs through our data checks, and arrives as a scheduled reveal rather than a raw file mid-typing.

After intake, we show the planned reveal time so you know your delivery window. If anything ever delays us beyond what we told you, we'll let you know honestly.

Then we fix it — that's the whole point of having a guarantee instead of just hoping. Naming is personal, and not every shortlist lands on the first try.

Every paid package includes exactly one free revision: tell us what didn't work — too trendy, wrong feel, clashes with your last name, or an opted-in tradition layer wasn't reflected — and we'll send one refreshed shortlist shaped by your feedback.

If the work still has a genuine quality or fit problem, contact us within 14 days of delivery. We handle it under our Refund Policy; a fair resolution may include a partial or full refund. Non-delivery and materially off-brief work have the stronger remedies stated there.

We treat birth dates and family details as exactly what they are: sensitive, personal information. Here's our honest approach.

We only ask for what a feature needs. A basic shortlist doesn't require anyone's birth details. We request birth information only when you opt into a feature that genuinely uses it — like a tradition layer or your post-birth nakshatra refinement — and you consent to each of those separately at intake. Optional really means optional.

We never sell your data. Your details are used to create your report and support you — full stop. We don't sell or rent your personal information to anyone.

You stay in control. You can ask us what we hold, and you can ask us to delete it. Email support to make a privacy request. The complete details — what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and your rights — are in our privacy policy.