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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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OriginalSkang · 02/08/2026 08:03

Zenith Windows are my thoughts on it

Strawberrryfields · 02/08/2026 08:00

kkloo · 02/08/2026 02:24

Just sounds like Kenneth to me 😅

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😂 as I was posting this I really tried to think of a male ith name and kept drawing blanks! How could I forget Kenneth!

Brainstorm23 · 02/08/2026 07:58

This is the zenith of stupidity.

Gateappreciation · 02/08/2026 07:28

Woodsock · 01/08/2026 22:12

I think it's a double glazing company.

My first thought also. Or a name for a cat ( I’m picturing a sleek, black cat).

StarCourt · 02/08/2026 04:13

Woodsock · 01/08/2026 22:12

I think it's a double glazing company.

NO it’s a car lease company

deepseaargyllfish · 02/08/2026 04:04

Zenith, Nadir, Stratosphere, Orbit, Apogee, Constellation, Gibbous.

These are names you might give to… I don’t know… a server? Data centre?

I like that @op took the time to give the meaning, (although most people know what a zenith is already).

Twatterati · 02/08/2026 03:20

Is you surname Windows?

kkloo · 02/08/2026 02:24

Strawberrryfields · 02/08/2026 02:16

I would’ve assumed girl if she’d not said! I think the ‘ith’ ending/ sound is more feminine - Lilith, Gwyneth

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Just sounds like Kenneth to me 😅

CinnamonJellyBeans · 02/08/2026 02:18

I hope he never comes last in a test or a race. His teachers will snigger.

Strawberrryfields · 02/08/2026 02:16

kkloo · 01/08/2026 23:49

Screams boy name to me, not gender neutral.

I would’ve assumed girl if she’d not said! I think the ‘ith’ ending/ sound is more feminine - Lilith, Gwyneth

IndigoBluey · 02/08/2026 02:01

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:59

I think we have all missed one salient piece of information on here. The OP has ALREADY called her son Zenith. Blush #awkward

No wonder she hasn't been back on the thread since her first post! 😬

Oops! I wonder how the OP didn’t realise the women warrior connection. Bit awkward actually. Maybe a wind up

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 👧

SerendipityCat · 02/08/2026 01:47

Staying with the heavenly theme, you could call your next child Apogee. The next could then be named Perigee, and I think you should also seriously consider Albedo.

JulietteHasAGun · 02/08/2026 01:31

It’s the zenith of “interesting “ names alright.

ZebraZebraPig · 02/08/2026 01:06

And it’s a chicken shop in my area 🍗

DoAWheelie · 02/08/2026 01:01

It's the name of a faction of bad guys in a very popular video game (more than 40 million copies sold) and it's what I instantly first thought of.

BitOutOfPractice · 02/08/2026 00:58

Op why were you keen on a gender neutral name?

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/08/2026 00:47

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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Agreed

Vivian
Hilary
Evelyn

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/08/2026 00:46

Feejoah · 01/08/2026 23:33

Suggestion for sibling name: Maverick, nn Mav.
Or Ace. I have actually met two (boy) children called Ace. One in a v middle class Hampshire town, and the other in the hillbilly south of NZ.

Smoke him a kipper, he'll be back for breakfast

(Red Dwarf, Ace Rimmer!)

MerylSqueak · 02/08/2026 00:44

KnickerlessParsons · 01/08/2026 23:39

Zenith and Nadir

HAHAHAHA

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

friedaklein · 02/08/2026 00:43

Zowie Bowie changed his name to Duncan.

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/08/2026 00:41

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.

That was frank zappa! Moonunit and Dweezil were the eldest!

PyongyangKipperbang · 02/08/2026 00:38

I think its a bit of a naff attempt to be woke and younique, but its not the worst I suppose. But yes, I would assume boy, not at all gender neutral.

And if I was going for that I would spell it Xenith to go all in!

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 01/08/2026 23:55

I opened the thread hoping to see IT Crowd references and was not disappointed!

SowWhatNow · 01/08/2026 23:51

Makes me remember with affection our old, first computer back in the late 90s, a Zenith (Windows or Microsoft?) PC. Ahh, fun times. Lemmings on Floppy disc on the Zenith.

Terrible name though for a small human person. Sorry.