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Gender neutral names

64 replies

Ellie2023 · 28/07/2023 07:32

What are your favourite gender neutral names? What are your thoughts on the names below? Please can you rank them from your most to least favourite?

Rowan
Wren
Robin
Frankie
Stevie
Sidney

Thank you!

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DuchessOfSausage · 28/07/2023 09:31

Rowan - like but it's far more popular for boys
Robin - not sure if I like it
Stevie - ok, but Evie is very popular, seems dated for a boy
Sidney - not keen
Frankie - don't like it
Wren - dreadful

Rowan is the only one I'd consider

Jackonary · 28/07/2023 09:12

Rowan is the only one I really like from your list. Sorry !

Mumofgirls2017 · 28/07/2023 08:24

Rowan
Wren
Robin
Frankie
Stevie
Sidney

rowan
sydney- spelled like this
wren- prefer for girl
stevie- prefer for girl
robin
frankie

i like

quinn
river
dylan
ellis
Eden
remy
rio
phoenix

salamithumbs · 28/07/2023 08:22

Just to add, I like Alex and Charlie for both girls and boys but I'd put Alexandra/Charlotte on the birth cert for a girl.

GlitteringUnicorn · 28/07/2023 08:21

Alex
Charlie

salamithumbs · 28/07/2023 08:19

I like Robyn and Wren for a girl but Wren on a boy seems quite feminine to me. I like Frankie for a boy and Rowan is nice for either! Not a fan of Sidney or Stevie, sorry!

RubyWedding · 28/07/2023 07:57

I hate Stevie and Frankie with a passion, boys or girls. Awful names.

Wren is surely a girls' name? Sidney surely for boys? (my grandad was a Sid and you wouldn't find more of a man's man than him!).

I have known a couple of Robins / Robyns (female) but for a boy, Robin sounds very dated and rather wet (I'd put it in the same bracket as Timothy; the shortening is ok but the actual name I'm not keen on). Much prefer Robyn for a girl.

Rowan is my favourite of the bunch if I have to pick just one name from the list for a child of either sex, but it wouldn't be high on my list overall.

I think maybe I'm not really a fan of gender neutral names in general. I like strong names and they tend to be a bit wishy-washy, neither one thing nor the other.

FoodFann · 28/07/2023 07:54

IMO:
BOYS
Rowan - fave for a boy
Sidney - boys name, least fave
GIRLS
Wren - girls name, least fave for girls
Robin - fave for a girl
NOT NAMES
Frankie - not a real name
Stevie - not a real name

RoseBucket · 28/07/2023 07:51

I like Frankie and Stevie from your list. I think Ashley and Andie could also be an option?

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Ellie2023 · 28/07/2023 07:48

Thanks so much for your responses so far! @AnxiousShep we’re working on our current shortlist and would love to hear people’s thoughts on the names/ favourites from our list

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AnxiousShep · 28/07/2023 07:44

Why do you want people to rank them?

EugeneEufy · 28/07/2023 07:44

Same as @SayingwhatIreallythink. I really wanted to call my DD Jaime but glad I gave her an obvious ‘girl’ name now although she wishes I’d gone with it!

I wouldn’t say Wren would work for a boy, I love Rowan, Robyn/Robin also.

FloofCloud · 28/07/2023 07:39

Cameron
Remy

SayingwhatIreallythink · 28/07/2023 07:34

Used to love them, wouldn’t do it now due to gender ideology