Hi me with your 'is it a girl or a boy?' names.

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Any language or culture or era, except very American-type ones like surnames or states, or very unusual pronunciations.

I'm reasonably sure people would assume Clare is a girl, but it doesn't sound odd on a boy. Interesting suggestion. Maybe because it is a surname too.
Sunny was also interesting. I like it, but can't imagine shouting it across the playground!
Someone IRL suggested Raven, but it is a bit hippy for us.
Ad you can tell I'm still searching!

Bryn

Oh and Quinn

I would consider about 75% of the names suggested on this thread to be gender specific.

Bryn is most definitely a boys' name.

RuPaul

RuPaul but seriously, check out the trans names. A lot are quite unisex.

like shangela

How about Jasper? I know it's normally a boy's name, but it's a gemstone, and I can't see why it's different to Amber, for example. I think it could work for a girl. I'm not normally a fan of boy's name for girls, but this seems a little different - it doesn't scream "male" at me.

Clare for a boy makes me think of (the man) Angel Clare in Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

Now how about Angel?

Sasha
Ridley

But a lot of these wouldn’t work as ‘ooh is it a man or woman’ if they are written down, ie on a job application, due to the spelling... jo/joe etc

Sasha is cool

This is ridiculous. Of course Clare sounds odd for a boy.

I think with lots of the names written here, any benefit as far as job applications is completely negated by given the wrong sex name.

Gill - pronounced with a hard 'g' for a boy and a soft 'g' for a girl. I know a Gillan who goes by Gil because people inevitably spell his name as Gillian.

River

Indigo
Charlie
Blake
Ashley
Frankie
Jules
Marley
Rowan
Max
Vesper
Rory
Lenny

I agree. I wouldn't actually choose a name which is truly predominantly female or male, due to spelling. Like Joe/Jo or Robin/Robyn. We're actually quite traditional in terms of names. Which makes it hard.
Gill and Gill are good written down. But I don't like it. I think Rowan and Jude are pretty spot-on, but Jude is totally out due to family, and Rowan is a bit odd with our surname.
I wonder if there aren't any more non-English names that aren't too difficult to spell or say for a native UK crowd. I've looked at Dutch, German and French, but feel I need to venture further afield too. Those Hawaiian names from earlier were interesting if not entirely right due to my own associations. There must be more?

Laurie?
Short for Lorelei/Laurelie if a girl or Laurance/Laurent if a boy.

I love Laurie for either sex and would use it like a shot if only DP liked it too

There's lots of Japanese names that are unisex, but maybe hard to pull off if you're not from that background, and some Finnish ones, too.

Otherwise, how about Linden? It's a tree, like Rowan, so it's valid, and I think it sounds nice for either a boy or girl. Or Valentine? Val? You said you knew too many people called Alex, but would Alexis serve?

I like laurie a lot.

Bailey
Jules
Drew

I think Sam is just a good choice though personally!

Abijah
Fen
Harper
Arden
Joss
Evren
Hollis
Chioma

Ive recently heard of a girl called Spencer - always thought of it as a boys name but apparently it’s gaining popularity as a girls name too!

Lux
Sasha
Zorion
River
Merle
Phoenix
Xia
Wallis
Shani
Raven
Roshan
Sandy