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Unisex names for an adult

63 replies

RoseApp · 07/03/2024 15:07

I am looking for a unisex name for an adult. So far on the list is

Frankie
Robin
Mattie
Jamie

These are all versions of current names I can use but struggling to pick one.

Also any other suggestions. Apart from Rowan can’t use that .

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KimDealsBass · 12/10/2024 21:53

Alex
Sam
Ashley
Cameron
Robin (still more of a male name in the UK, I think, but quite popular as a female name across the pond)

SkaneTos · 12/10/2024 21:29

Ola (male name in my Scandinavian home country, but I think that it's a female name in many other countries/cultures).

Oceangreyscale · 12/10/2024 06:24

Rowan

lifesrichpageant · 12/10/2024 05:22

Stevie
Dale

pineapplefizz · 12/10/2024 05:08

Remi

miniaturepixieonacid · 08/09/2024 15:07

CurlewKate She was disagreeing with me, not you.

Fair enough re the statistics. But still, Jamie as a female name is always just Jamie. However unpopular it may have become in recent decades it's a standalone female name. The majority of male Jamies are James, even if the ones who are just Jamie still outnumber girl Jamies by a lot.

CurlewKate · 08/09/2024 14:18

@KirstenBlest "The statistics say otherwise."

They don't. Pick a year. Look at the figures. For example (picked at random) in 2010 there were 60 girls to 1526 boys. In 2021 there were 23 girls to 342 boys.

muffledvoice · 08/09/2024 13:51

Bobbie
Frances
Charlie
Jerry
Christie
Jay

pineapplefizz · 08/09/2024 13:37

Remi...

KirstenBlest · 08/09/2024 13:33

@miniaturepixieonacid , Babies called Jamie in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com), Babies called James in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com). The statistics say otherwise.

CurlewKate · 08/09/2024 10:48

@miniaturepixieonacid

90-94% of Jamies are consistently boys....

miniaturepixieonacid · 08/09/2024 09:25

Jamie is definitely not just a male name. In fact it's arguably more female as male Jamies tend to be short for James whereas female Jamies are just Jamie. It's not popular at the moment for girls but I went to school with 3 of them in the 90s.

I think most of the shortened names and traditional names that can be unisex have been said already.

There's also nature/hippy names:
River, Storm, Phoenix, Ash, Ocean, Blue

Place names:
Paris, Rio, Dakota

American/Gaelic names:
Addison, Aubrey, Bailey, Brynn, Colby, Cameron, Cassidy, Dylan, Eden, Emerson, Erin, Fallon, Genesis, Harley, Hadley, Jordan, Kennedy, Morgan, Mackenzie, Parker, Quinn, Riley, Spencer, Sutton, Taylor

and names which sound the same but have different spellings and/or origins for different sexes:
Noah/Noa
Robin/Robyn
Billy/Billie
Jesse/Jessie
Rhys/Reese

CurlewKate · 08/09/2024 08:29

Those are all male names. There is no such thing as a unisex name except possibly Frances/is.

BibbityBobbityToo · 08/09/2024 00:28

Hillary
Brodie
Sam
Elliot
(Jaimie for girl and Jamie for boy)
Kerry (If you're in Ireland otherwise avoid for boy)
Bobby

Theoldwoman · 18/06/2024 08:41

I like Jordan.

Lee
Winter
Brodie
Laine
Ashley
Asher
Bobby
Billi
Tate
Jerry
Kerry
Porter

sashh · 18/06/2024 06:23

Meredith
Hillary
Kelsey
Kelly
Shirley

I used to know a female Jon, short for Jonquil

Lee / Leigh
Vivian
Sam
Chris / Christian
Marion

Americans tend to use Sean/Shaun/Shawn for girls.

Adrien

VestibuleVirgin · 18/06/2024 04:59

Isn't Jude a little obscure?

CurlewKate · 18/06/2024 03:50

Those aren't unisex names. They are male names.

user1492757084 · 18/06/2024 03:48

Maybe Frankie? but Mattie and Jamie are usually boys.

Robin
Lesley/Leslie
Lindsey/Lindsay
Frances/Francis
Adrienne/Adrian
Kitty/Kit
Dale
Jordan
Lyle
Lee
Leigh
Alex
Christian
Morgan
Bailey
Toni/Tony
Jodie/Jody - though it's a girls name mainly now.
Chris
Kelly
Laurie
Shannon
Ashleigh/Ashley
Samantha/Samuel - Sam

JaninaDuszejko · 17/06/2024 18:46

Most 'unisex' names are people misusing a masculine name because it 'sounds feminine' and are their way to become a feminine name. I understand the attraction of giving a girl a name that doesn't immediately scream 'feminine' but realistically you would have more success giving a girl a strong feminine name rather than a cutesy boys name.

Or what about
Lynn
Florence
Shirley.

seven201 · 17/06/2024 16:28

Max
Joe/Jo
Quinn

DizzyBumble · 17/06/2024 16:01

Kim
Charlie
Jamie
Ashley
Tony
Kelly

Twiggygirl · 17/06/2024 15:47

I am a girl jamie and I know lots of others

TwigTheWonderKid · 11/03/2024 08:38

Taran
Ashley
Blake
Brooke
Daryl
Meredith

MirandaBlu · 11/03/2024 06:57

Ariel
Eden
Kai
Linden
Liraz
Meredith
River
Sage
Sasha

Also loads of surnames-as-firstname (Avery, Cameron, Miller, Lennox, Ryan, Shea, etc.) and placenames-as-firstname (Austin, Erin, Jordan, Paisley, Paris, Phoenix)...

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