These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a binding agreement between you and BabyNameMatch.com (“BabyNameMatch,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) governing your use of babynamematch.com and related services (the “Service”). Please read them carefully. Section 13 contains a binding arbitration agreement and a class-action waiver that affect your legal rights.
By accessing or using the Service, or by signing in, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use the Service. The Service is not directed to children.
BabyNameMatch helps you explore how first names pair with a last name, browse and filter names, hear names read aloud, save favorites and lists, generate or add a middle name, create polls, share lists, and invite others to weigh in. Name popularity data is derived from public U.S. Social Security Administration records, and pronunciations are derived from a public pronunciation dictionary; such data may be incomplete or inaccurate and is provided for general informational purposes.
We use passwordless sign-in via a one-time link sent to your email, or you may sign in using a third-party provider such as Google. Your use of any third-party sign-in provider is subject to that provider’s own terms, and you are responsible for maintaining the security of the account you use to sign in. You are responsible for maintaining access to your email account and for activity under your account. Notify us promptly of any unauthorized use.
You agree not to: use the Service for any unlawful purpose; submit content that is abusive, harassing, hateful, infringing, or otherwise objectionable; attempt to disrupt, overload, reverse engineer, or gain unauthorized access to the Service; scrape or harvest data except as expressly permitted; or misuse sharing or polling features to spam or mislead others. We may remove content and suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
You retain ownership of the content you submit (such as list names, feedback, and polls). You grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, publicly display and perform, distribute, and otherwise use and exploit that content for any purpose, including operating, improving, promoting, and marketing the Service, in any media now known or later developed; and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any moral rights in that content. You are responsible for your content and represent that you have the rights to submit it. We may screen, moderate, or remove content at our discretion, including through automated tools, but are not obligated to.
By creating an account you consent to receive transactional emails necessary to use the Service. If you opt in to our newsletter, you may receive marketing emails and can unsubscribe at any time. See our Privacy Policy for details.
The Service, including its design, text, graphics, and software, is owned by BabyNameMatch and protected by intellectual-property laws. The name “BabyNameMatch” and our logo are our marks. Underlying name and popularity data originates from the U.S. Social Security Administration (public domain) and a public pronunciation dictionary. Except as expressly permitted, you may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from the Service without our permission.
The Service relies on third-party providers and may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for third-party services or content, and your use of them may be subject to their own terms.
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that name data will be accurate or complete. Nothing on the Service is professional, legal, medical, financial, or other advice.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, BabyNameMatch and its operators will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, arising from or related to your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars ($100). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless BabyNameMatch and its operators from any claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your content, or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.
Please read this section carefully — it affects your legal rights and requires most disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court.
Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration, you agree to contact us through our contact form and give us at least 30 days to resolve the dispute informally.
Agreement to arbitrate. Except for the carve-outs below, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration, and not in court. This agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, and will take place in or nearest to McLennan County, Texas, United States of America, or by video or telephone where the rules allow.
Who pays. Each party is responsible for its own attorneys’ fees and costs (the “American Rule”). Filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees are allocated under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules; where those rules or applicable law so require, we will pay or advance such fees so that arbitration is not cost-prohibitive for you.
Class-action waiver. You and BabyNameMatch agree that claims may be brought only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative proceeding.
Carve-outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies, and either party may seek injunctive or equitable relief in court to protect intellectual-property rights.
30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by notifying us through our contact form within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the courts identified below.
Limitations. This section applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law. It does not waive any rights that cannot be waived, and it does not override mandatory consumer-protection rights available to residents of the EEA, the UK, or other jurisdictions where such arbitration or class waivers are unenforceable.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States of America, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to Section 13, any dispute not resolved by arbitration will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in or nearest to McLennan County, Texas, and you consent to their jurisdiction, except where applicable law grants you the right to bring a claim in your home jurisdiction.
We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated version here and revise the “Effective date” above. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.
You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or if we discontinue the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and dispute resolution) will survive.
Questions about these Terms can be submitted through our contact form. BabyNameMatch.com is operated from McLennan County, Texas, United States of America.