Unisex names needed please

[alletik]

Not for a potential child, I'm afraid... but for a sociology lesson. I want to do a lesson on our assumptions regarding gender. So need some modern day unisex names.

So far I've got...

Sam
Lesley /ie
Robyn /in

Umm and that's it. I need 30 names!

TIA.

Ashley
Leslie
Toni
Finn
Charlie
Jordan
Chris
Andi
Jamie
Corey

These are all great! I have 14 so far.... decided to go for a change of plan and make all of them 'real people' (with the help of mumsnet and google! This is fantastic. Please keep them coming...

And no, Kelly Jones is not too outdated - it's perfect because the students won't think of them!

Lesley Ash
Leslie Grantham
Robin Day
Taylor Swift
Sam Taylor-Wood
Sam Mendes
Jamie Lee Curtis

Robin Williams
Robin Thicke
Jordan Woods Robinson
Kay Mellor (is Kay unisex?)
Robin Wright
Hillary Benn
Kim Cattrall
Kim Novak
Hillary Clinton

The Bronte sisters were originally published under deliberately unisex names that they made up - Ellis, Acton and Currer Bell.

Paris Hilton was engaged to a male Paris at one point wasn't she?

Richmal Crompton.
Jackie Charlton
There was a male Claire referred to in the book "Longitude".

Bo Derek
Bo Burnham

Ronnie Ancona

"The Bronte sisters were originally published under deliberately unisex names that they made up - Ellis, Acton and Currer Bell."

They weren't deliberately unisex- they were deliberately male.

Billie Piper and Billy Elliot.
Marty McFly and Marty Webb
Harley Quinn and Harley Davidson
Stevie Nicks and (can't think of a make one but probably loads!!)

Are any of these names actually unisex? Or are they just male names that are sometimes also used for women?

Bertrand-The Sikh names I mentioned are genuinely unisex.

That's interesting, Dumbledore. Are all Sikh names non specific? Is that because of Kaur and Singh being indicators of sex, or am I showing shameful ignorance...

They weren't deliberately unisex- they were deliberately male.

The OP could use that though. George Elliot, George Sand. There's a historic reason for those two but more recently there are examples like Ellis Peters and even J.K. Rowling used her initials to hide her sex since it was though boys wouldn't read a book by a woman. Are there any men who have used a female nom de plume?

"Are there any men who have used a female nom de plume?"

There are plenty of men who write stuff like Mills and Boon.

But no man would ever take a male name in an attempt to be taken more seriously.......

Alice Cooper Bertrand?

I have a PhD and I always sign business letters Dr A. Surname, and you're right. It doesn't make me neutral, it makes me male (ironically, my name is the same as the above-mentioned Shock-rock star).

Blake Lively
Blake Griffin

Sorry, post above was really for CountFosco. But I see that a singer, with a very strong visual image using a female name for shock tactics is not the same as a writer doing the same 200 years ago.

Not sure it was gravitas Alice Cooper was looking for when the name was chosen!

I don't know if all are but my Sikh colleague told me that her name is completely unisex and that Sikh names generally are. She said sometimes the pronunciation or emphasis or nicknames might be different depending on sex. I'm not an expert by any means.

Very true Bertrand. I was clutching at straws.

Actually, I've just done a quick Google, and Alice Cooper was chosen because it was so bland and generic and was a good contrast to their music. So another example of women being considered weak and passive and men being dynamic and high energy.........

Chris Evert - tennis player

Jules Verne or Jules Asner
Artemis Fowl or the Goddess Artemis
Cameron Diaz or Cameron Crowe
Bailey Chase or Bailey De Young

Politicians OP - Hillary Clinton and Hillary Benn.

I thought Alice Cooper was the name of a woman who was hanged for being a witch.

There's also Marilyn Manson and the other male singer who goes by the name of just Marilyn.