Gender neutral names

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RobertaFirmino · 01/11/2026 23:11

Jay and Kay
Tracy and Stacy
Jo and Mo
Pat and Nat
Sam and Jan (pronounced like Jan Molby for a boy)
Terry and Kerry
Gerry and Perry

Giraffehaver · 01/11/2026 22:56

Pip and Kitt

Mathair2 · 29/10/2026 14:47

I know a male Frances

NewGrandmummy · 29/10/2026 10:18

dustysidetable · 19/10/2026 22:34

We would definitely follow the correct spelling

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I'm really confused now! If you would follow the traditional male-female spelling of Francis-Frances it is not a gender neutral name!

Italiangreyhound · 26/10/2026 22:48

I think Alma is beautiful. And, apparently, Almas is a girl's nane occasionally used for boys. So that makes it unisex.

JoyousWriter · 26/10/2026 14:00

Get a new husband who doesn't impose silly ideas on your family?

Summerlovingtheraspberries · 23/10/2026 16:41

CurlewKate · 19/10/2026 18:53

No such thing as a gender neutral name. Only boy’s names that are used for girls and people immediatly stop using for boys! Give her a girl’s name. Being a girl is a good thing!

This.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · 23/10/2026 14:19

EmeraldSlippers · 19/10/2026 18:57

Probably not what you're looking for because it's not a fashionable name at the moment, but I recently read the book Shirley by Charlotte Bronte and found out that Shirley used to be a boy's name. (Well really a surname that was sometimes used for boys). The female character called Shirley in the book had parents who wanted a boy, so gave her a boy's name.
The book was so popular that it inspired lots of female babies to be called Shirley, and ever since it's been known as a girl's name.

Big Daddy the wrestler was called Shirley Crabtree.

Hartleyhare1206 · 23/10/2026 14:08

Ray/Rae/Raye

Skye

Sammy

Joey

Morgan

Reece

Miaminmoo · 23/10/2026 01:19

I know both a male and a female ‘Darcy’ or ‘Darcey’

Hoork · 22/10/2026 17:22

Robin

RowsOfFlowers · 22/10/2026 10:24

River, Riley, Reece, Ash, Harper, Blair, Blake

ReadingSoManyThreads · 21/10/2026 20:52

HenriettaHippopotamus · 21/10/2026 07:26

Isn’t Quinn just traditionally a surname in Ireland? It’s using that as a first name for a girl that’s American, I believe.

Its like MacKenzie - It’s a well known surname but it became a fad to use it as a first name for a girl in the USA.

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Americans choosing to use it as a first name doesn't make it any less Irish, the name is still Irish! It's becoming a popular first name in England too, still doesn't stop it being an Irish name.

MelrosePlace12 · 21/10/2026 14:15

Jaime / Jamie. - I know a girl Jaime and it suits her so well
Jude
Blake

Thebigarsedbitch · 21/10/2026 11:57

Tell your husband that when he goes through all the discomforts and inconveniences of pregnancy and birth, he can chose the name of the child/children and then insist that you will select your favourite girl's name for your daughter and it won't be fucking gender neutral either!

ColdWaterDipper · 21/10/2026 10:58

Both of my boys have what are technically gender neutral diminutives to their boy names (and we call them by their diminutives, think something like Charles being called Charlie (would be Charley for a girl), and Christopher being called Kit (would be kitty for a girl)). We didn’t choose that on purpose.

have you considered Jesse / Jessie or Manu (short for Emmanuel / Emmanuella)? Would a shortened nickname work or does the whole name need to be completely gender neutral? I like nature names, which can easily be for boys or girls with no change even in spelling. Things like Rowan, Ash, Phoenix, Juniper, River etc, or alternatively place names: Paris, London, Rio, Sennen, Perran, Zennor etc.

Behaveyourself88 · 21/10/2026 09:56

Sidney
Beau or Bo if girl
i used to know a pair of twin girls who were called Lee & Toni.
please don’t call a boy Patsy, remember babies grow up and in Brighton a Patsy is a different meaning for that name! Think of school and how names get shortened and kids take the Micky.

godmum56 · 21/10/2026 08:50

TeethAreImportant · 20/10/2026 19:01

Wasn't it John Wayne's real name?

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no he was Marion. Marion Michael Morrison

HenriettaHippopotamus · 21/10/2026 07:26

ReadingSoManyThreads · 20/10/2026 21:26

I'm so confused, you talk about American names, then state two Irish names!

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Isn’t Quinn just traditionally a surname in Ireland? It’s using that as a first name for a girl that’s American, I believe.

Its like MacKenzie - It’s a well known surname but it became a fad to use it as a first name for a girl in the USA.

Iizzyb · 21/10/2026 05:04

It is an absolute pain having a name that can be male or female why would that be a reason to choose someone’s name?

FindingNeverland28 · 21/10/2026 04:20

My name is Laurie and I was going to be called Laurie if I was a boy.

Slinkybabe · 20/10/2026 23:52

dustysidetable · 19/10/2026 18:45

My husband is insistent on a gender neutral name for our twins, I’m happy with it in principle and there’s so many gender neutral boys names I love but I’m really struggling for girls!. The only one I like is Shelby but he doesn’t like it at all. My favourite girls name is Sylvia but obviously that isn’t gender neutral, I like soft sounding names and not a fan of the nick names like Stevie, Bobby, Riley etc. Any ideas?

Ashleigh xx

PracticalIdealist · 20/10/2026 23:42

Galveston.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 20/10/2026 23:13

Cardisncocktails · 20/10/2026 23:03

How can you have 'gender neutral girls names' ffs?? Am assuming this post is a wind up.

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You could read all OPs replies, or report it if you think it’s a wind up. No need to come on just to be rude though, OP has explained herself already

Cardisncocktails · 20/10/2026 23:03

dustysidetable · 19/10/2026 18:45

My husband is insistent on a gender neutral name for our twins, I’m happy with it in principle and there’s so many gender neutral boys names I love but I’m really struggling for girls!. The only one I like is Shelby but he doesn’t like it at all. My favourite girls name is Sylvia but obviously that isn’t gender neutral, I like soft sounding names and not a fan of the nick names like Stevie, Bobby, Riley etc. Any ideas?

How can you have 'gender neutral girls names' ffs?? Am assuming this post is a wind up.