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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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Asunciondelaflata · 01/08/2026 22:43

BeardofHagrid · 01/08/2026 22:35

Beowulf is better.

Hagrid is better.

Asunciondelaflata · 01/08/2026 22:43

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:18

Moonboot is much better! 😂

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Zenith Boot, OP?

Giftspread · 01/08/2026 22:41

Hmmm...Interesting choice.

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:37

BeardofHagrid · 01/08/2026 22:35

Beowulf is better.

Beowulf?!

The poor child will suffer a lifetime of spelling it for people, people mispronouncing it, and people spelling it incorrectly.

BeardofHagrid · 01/08/2026 22:35

Beowulf is better.

FoundAUserNameDownTheSofa · 01/08/2026 22:35

I don’t understand OP why you would share this ‘as a suggestion to others’. Presumably you wanted a cool and unique name, so why would you want other people to use it too?

lottiegarbanzo · 01/08/2026 22:33

Please give him a sister called Nadia.

Must admit I love Zephyr, from Babaar.

Redballer · 01/08/2026 22:27

Sounds like Dennis with a speech impediment

semideponent · 01/08/2026 22:27

Zenith had me thinking Bottom.

oldestmumaintheworld · 01/08/2026 22:23

My apologies - it was Moon Unit. But I was very young and it was a long time ago. And it isn't cool to give your child a name that will encourage either eye rolling or cruelty.

friedaklein · 01/08/2026 22:23

Will the next one be Nadir?

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:23

PancakeCloud · 01/08/2026 22:22

I feel like people on here pretty much poo poo every name except Christopher nn Kit and Charlotte. My experience is that names that might have been considered wacky in the past are now very normal. Zenith seems like a fine name, certainly unusual but not the most out there.

People only poo poo daft names, and to be fair, 4 out of 5 suggested on here are bonkers!

PancakeCloud · 01/08/2026 22:22

I feel like people on here pretty much poo poo every name except Christopher nn Kit and Charlotte. My experience is that names that might have been considered wacky in the past are now very normal. Zenith seems like a fine name, certainly unusual but not the most out there.

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:21

Frank Zappa called his daughter Moon Unit yes, and his 3 other children were called Dweezil, Diva, and Ahmet. He sure liked the more unusual names! (Although, Ahmet isn't too rare.)

Namechangee11 · 01/08/2026 22:20

Truly it just says double glazing to me... It's awful.

CleanSkin · 01/08/2026 22:20

Nope.

Clearingaspace · 01/08/2026 22:19

Think I used to go to a nightclub called Zenith as a teen - but it’s an ok name

Ohfiddlestickscricket · 01/08/2026 22:18

if you search it in google it’s a taxi service. I would avoid it based on association.

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:18

Namechangee11 · 01/08/2026 22:18

It's Moon unit 🙄🙄🙄 and she's cool!!

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Moonboot is much better! 😂

Namechangee11 · 01/08/2026 22:18

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.

It's Moon unit 🙄🙄🙄 and she's cool!!

HermioneWeasley · 01/08/2026 22:17

“God knows I love you Jen, you’ve given me my two beautiful children - Zenith and Qasar”

this is a comedy sketch from The IT Crowd

Zov · 01/08/2026 22:16

It's OK, but I prefer 'Quasar.'

Thoughts on Zenith as a gender neutral baby name suggestion
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.

Needmorelego · 01/08/2026 22:16

It's not a name I would personally choose but it's also one I wouldn't bat an eyelid at or give much thought to (unless there were siblings called something like Peter and Jane because they don't really match 😂).

Randyforgiles · 01/08/2026 22:15

There was an older boy in my secondary school called Zenith Hunt and I still think it's the coolest name ever.