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Thoughts on Zenith as a gender neutral baby name suggestion

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Clorose · 01/08/2026 22:02

• Zenith •

I named my boy it earlier this year, it’s a gender neutral name meaning the highest point in the sky.
Just posting this as a name suggestion to others who may not of heard of it before.

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yonem · 02/08/2026 20:48

BeardofHagrid · 01/08/2026 22:35

Beowulf is better.

Agreed. At least Beowulf is a name, and suggests that the person might have passed or at least sat GCSE English… choosing Zenith as a name makes a person sound unfamiliar with words of multiple syllables

localnotail · 02/08/2026 20:42

Clorose · 01/08/2026 22:02

• Zenith •

I named my boy it earlier this year, it’s a gender neutral name meaning the highest point in the sky.
Just posting this as a name suggestion to others who may not of heard of it before.

I've heard of it before. Firstly, its a famous Soviet camera brand. Used to be even used instead of the word "camera" - like, I took my Zenith with me. Secondly, its the name of St Petersburg football club, who's fans are quite famous for their neo nazi leanings.

In Russian its pronounced "Zenit".

Edited: deffo would not inflict it on a child. Its like some nutter aristocrat calling their kids Samovar or something equally nuts.

LBFseBrom · 02/08/2026 20:02

'Zenith' means 'the high point' and comes from astronomy.

If you are OK with that, so be it. Some companies, including insurance, are called Zenith. I don't think I would like to named Zenith.

He or she will be called, 'Zen'.

deepseaargyllfish · 02/08/2026 20:00

Courtney
Eden
Ray
Jude

are also gender neutral

ZanyMaker · 02/08/2026 18:53

I don’t think he’ll thank you for it

SerendipityCat · 02/08/2026 18:02

Well, there was a TV producer named Kenith Trodd (famous for his Dennis Potter productions) so at least one other person thought so…

Mymyi · 02/08/2026 14:52

Is Zenith same as Kenneth but with a Z?

MerylSqueak · 02/08/2026 14:10

Excellentsausages · 02/08/2026 13:22

Leslie is surely far more ripe for teasing on a 2026 baby than Zenith! Although teacher friends tell me name teasing doesn't really happen anymore anyway.

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It was a tongue in cheek choice, prompted by the fact I find it unsurprising baby Zenith is a boy. Sam and Rowan would be nicer options, to my mind but there are plenty of choices.

DoloresDelEriba · 02/08/2026 13:38

This must be a joke, right?

BitterTits · 02/08/2026 13:34

-ith is more commonly a female name ending so it doesn't sound particularly gender-neutral to me.

Excellentsausages · 02/08/2026 13:29

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/08/2026 00:47

Agreed

Vivian
Hilary
Evelyn

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Not sure if this is a serious comment but none of these are used for boys anymore.

There are some gender neutral names around:

Rowan
Robin
Frankie
Phoenix
Morgan
River

That kind of thing.

Excellentsausages · 02/08/2026 13:25

IndigoBluey · 02/08/2026 01:55

I neither like or dislike it, much like other new world names. But I would disagree that it is gender neutral, it’s a female name. Immediately thought of Xena (same pronunciation as Zen) and she is a warrior princess. Zenith to me is a strong name for a girl 👧

Zenith doesn't sound anything like Xena. Zen rhymes with Ben, Xena rhymes with Nina. Different vowel sounds.

Mischance · 02/08/2026 13:23

Woodsock · 01/08/2026 22:12

I think it's a double glazing company.

😂- love that comment.

Honestly this is not a name I would want any child of mine to have; but each to their own.

Excellentsausages · 02/08/2026 13:22

MerylSqueak · 02/08/2026 00:44

HAHAHAHA

There are plenty of other gender neutral names that have the advantage of actually being names. Leslie, for example.

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Leslie is surely far more ripe for teasing on a 2026 baby than Zenith! Although teacher friends tell me name teasing doesn't really happen anymore anyway.

topcat2014 · 02/08/2026 11:04

oldestmumaintheworld · 01/08/2026 22:16

Were you on crack!? Or spent too much time on Til Tok? It's as bad as the 60s when rock stars called their children things like Zowie and Moonboot. Look it up.

And Zowie Bowie changed his name to Duncan - which I think is still a funky name

Wadsworthy · 02/08/2026 11:03

Purplecatshopaholic · 02/08/2026 10:46

Dear god op, I hope you are just deliberately on the wind up.

I always think of the Kath and Kim episode about calling Kim’s baby Epponay.

It’s yooneek, you know.

Wadsworthy · 02/08/2026 11:01

As long as you call your next child Nadir.

Mangetouts · 02/08/2026 10:50

It's a brand of camera. Something I'd think of for a cat maybe.

Promisingtree · 02/08/2026 10:48

I think it sounds nice.
a lot to live up to, though.

hahabahbag · 02/08/2026 10:47

Sounds like a name from the tv show gladiators

Purplecatshopaholic · 02/08/2026 10:46

Dear god op, I hope you are just deliberately on the wind up.

MerylSqueak · 02/08/2026 09:52

I know a teenager with a name like this. She hates it. She's very shy and it gets her a lot of attention. Her comment: "I wish my mum hadn't picked some random word from a dictionary to call me."

dizzydizzydizzy · 02/08/2026 08:15

Never heard of it as a name but I certainly know the word. Congratulations on your baby!

it wouldn’t be for me because I like traditional names like Matthew and Elizabeth but we all have different tastes, so it is perfectly fine as a name.

pouletvous · 02/08/2026 08:11

Isnt it insurance?

greencatwitch · 02/08/2026 08:06

Poor kid.

Use it as a middle name if you must, but it is unfair to saddle a child with a random word as a first name.

I think parents who try too hard to come up with unusual names just end up looking very silly and thinking of themselves rather than how it will affect the child.

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