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Unisex names?

53 replies

sparklewater · 03/07/2015 09:41

We currently have a Jaime Sky and new baby (sex unknown) is due in first week of Sept.

I really like having a unisex name and it suits our daughter/family perfectly - so I'd quite like to continue the 'theme'.

Any suggestions?

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RaaRaaTheLion · 03/07/2015 09:44

A friend of mine has a little girl names Dylan, which I think is a love unisex name.

AmysTiara · 03/07/2015 09:45

Casey, Jordan,Ashley, Taylor, Morgan,Ellis, Frankie, Georgie, Robin, Rowan

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 03/07/2015 10:43

Charlie is very sweet.
Morgan
Bailey
Toni/tony
Rowan
River
Ashley/ashleigh
Lee/Leigh
Jesse

MumOfOne14 · 03/07/2015 10:52

Riley

sparklewater · 03/07/2015 11:27

Some really lovely names here, thank you

I especially like Dylan and Charlie. Never heard Dylan as a girl's name before but I like it!

Frankie is on my list already, as are Alex, Stevie and Corey. Smile

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Sophronia · 03/07/2015 11:37

Daryl
Aubrey
Rowan
Avery
Devon
Sasha
Frankie
Drew
Ashton
Sydney
Leigh
Morgan
Noa/Noah
Quinn
Robin/Robyn
Shea
Eden
Jessie/Jesse
Marley
Regan
Hadley
Sage
Taylor
Alexis
Ellery
Cameron
Blake
Darcy
Alex
Mackenzie

BlueChampagne · 03/07/2015 15:46

Leslie/Lesley
Lindsay
Julian

FernGullysWoollyPully · 03/07/2015 15:49

Beau/Bo

Pagalee · 03/07/2015 16:00

Asher/Asha
Rudy
Jesse/Jessie
Frankie
Robyn/Robin

WinterOfOurDiscountTents15 · 03/07/2015 16:13

There is nothing unisex about Jaime Sky though. Jaime is a girls name that is not the same name as Jamie, for a boy. Sky is also a girls name.

There are very few actual unisex names. A recent american trend for using boys names for girls is not exactly the same thing.

AccordingToOurRecords · 03/07/2015 16:26

Dylan is a boys name and so is Rowan, using male names for girls doesn't make them unisex, just means you gave your daughter a boys name.

almapudden · 03/07/2015 16:32

I know a female Stevie, it really suits her.

NomiMalone · 03/07/2015 16:35

Love love love Dylan for a girl.

Also really love Stevie (Nicks, what's not to love) and Frankie.

CakeRattleandRoll · 03/07/2015 17:16

Ainsley
Blair
Cassidy
Hilary
Kerry
Shannon
Sheridan
Vivian

GinUpGirl · 03/07/2015 17:18

My favourite unisex names are Vivian and Morgan. Prefer them both for boys though.

Iliveinalighthousewith2friendl · 04/07/2015 09:37

Ashley
Alex
Jay

WaferInMyCoffee · 04/07/2015 09:49

there are the ones with slightly different spelling for boy and girl: Lesley/Lesley, Frances/Francis, Robin/Robyn.

The only names I can think of where I genuinely wouldn't associate them more with one sex are Taylor (Swift vs Lautner!) Rowan, Morgan. Most other "unisex" names I definitely associate more with one sex, so it is more giving a "boys" name to a girl, or vice versa (though girls names for boys happens much much less frequently, but don't get me started on that!!)

swimmerforlife · 04/07/2015 09:59

Indiana

Belazu84 · 04/07/2015 13:27

Sasha/Sacha
Billy
Blake
Something natural like Bay or River?

Treesandbees · 04/07/2015 13:37

My Mum went down this route for all 3 of us and we are: Alexandra (Alex), Charlotte (Charlie) and Alastair (Ali). Although my brother was meant to be Harriet/Harry but they had a change of heart at the last minute!

ElviraCondomine · 04/07/2015 16:08

Dylan is a boys name and so is Rowan, using male names for girls doesn't make them unisex

I know a female Rowan in her late 40s.
One of the main characters in the books by Antonia Forest from the 1940s onwards is a female Rowan.

In modern usage it is both a male and female name. That's unisex to me.

ancientbuchanan · 04/07/2015 16:11

Esme
Evelyn

WinterOfOurDiscountTents15 · 04/07/2015 17:09

Esme isn't unisex! And the likes of Hialry, Evelyn and Vivian haven't been for at least 50 years.

nottheOP · 04/07/2015 17:11

Georgie
Quinn

nottheOP · 04/07/2015 17:12

Jo
Toni

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