Full-time baby name consultants are raking in $350 an hour as parents search for the most unique names, make wild requests
NY Post
What’s in a name? A few hundred bucks, if you’re an increasingly in-demand baby name consultant.
Couples are no longer naming their precious offspring after loved ones, or casually flipping through books for inspiration.
Instead, moms and dads who want to give their children any edge they can in an increasingly competitive world are paying experts like Colleen Slagen, 34, and Morgan Timm, 29, hundreds of dollars to give their kiddos the perfect name.
Slagen had always been fascinated with baby names but didn’t consider the possibility of a full-time gig in the field until her friends expressed how helpful her commentary had been when they chose names for their children.
“I think a lot of people have a pretty good feeling about what they want, but want a third-party opinion,” the designation discoverer told The Post.
“They’re wanting validation or a gut check on the name that they are leaning towards,” she explained.
