Do you see these as boys of girls names?

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What gender do you see these names as or do you see them as unisex, I’m asking because I often see unisex names as a girls name or boy name and there’s very few I can see as either:
Logan
Rowan
Reese
Wren
Jordan
Taylor
Robin
Spencer
Ellis
Avery
Eden
Blake
Blair

I know there’s hundreds more but off the top of my head these are what I can think of.

All boys apart from Wren to me

To me, Blake, Blair and Spencer are boys names, no matter how much Netflix I watch. The others are unisex.

I see most of those as surnames to be honest.
I know both male and female Rowans.

I think as above wren is a girls name maybe Jordan and Rowan at a push

They're all unisex but I've only ever heard of male Logans and female Wrens and Edens.

all boys, except for Wren. Robin could be either but all the Robyns I have ever met have been girls but I wouldn't be shocked if I met a boy. I do know a girl Taylor but still think of it as a boys name.

I’d lean towards boys on all except Wren and maybe Ellis.

I would say that they are all originally boys names that have been used as girls names and therefore classed as unisex. Funnily enough it's very rare that girls names are used for boys and become widely used as unisex. You see threads on the baby names section where parents want boyish unisex names for girls, no-one ever wants a feminine sounding unisex name for a boy.

I do know a girl Taylor

So, you know Taylor Swift, then?

I also mainly see them as surnames, which is why their unisex names.
I don't think you'll find a truly unisex name, though. People will always associate it with the the few people they know with that name.

Boys. Wren a girl's name spelt like that.

All boys names apart from Wren, Avery and Eden which I see as girls names

Boys

Wren isn't a name. Eden has IMO crossed from being historically a male name to being a name used for girls, Taylor I really don't like as a forename but I'd assume a girl, the rest are boys names (or surnames).

Logan-boy
Rowan-both
Reese-both
Wren-girl
Jordan-both
Taylor-both
Robin-both
Spencer-boy
Ellis-boy
Avery-both
Eden-girl
Blake-both
Blair-both

Wren, Eden girls. Rowan, Robin unisex. The rest I’d assume boys.

Logan - male
Rowan - either
Reese - this spelling female
Wren - female
Jordan - either but would assume male
Taylor - either
Robin - this spelling male
Spencer - male
Ellis - either
Avery - either
Eden - female but I know a male one
Blake - male
Blair - female

Logan: Boy
Rowan: Either
Reese: Boy
Wren: Girl
Jordan: Boy
Taylor: Surname
Robin: Either
Spencer: Boy
Ellis: Boy
Avery: Girl
Eden: Boy
Blake: Boy
Blair: Tony

• isn't a forename that should be, obviously it's a surname.

Do people really give just any surname to their child as a first name now? Smith? Jones? Davies? Brown? Green?

You see threads on the baby names section where parents want boyish unisex names for girls, no-one ever wants a feminine sounding unisex name for a boy.

This. Please don't give your daughter a boy's name. It's incredibly sexist because it only ever happens one way.

Logan - boy
Rowan - both
Reese - girl
Wren - girl
Jordan - boy
Taylor - girl as I know one, but unisex really
Robin - boy (but Robyn girl)
Spencer - boy
Ellis - more boy than girl, but unisex
Avery - girl
Eden - girl
Blake - boy
Blair - boy

Based on children I've taught or people I know:

Logan - boy
Rowan - girl mainly, but could be boy
Reese - boy
Wren - girl
Jordan - boy mainly, but could be girl
Taylor - not taught either, boy?
Robin - boy or girl but girl I taught was spelled Robyn
Spencer - boy
Ellis - boy
Avery - girl
Eden - girl
Blake - boy
Blair - never taught but boy?

Logan - boy
Rowan - boy
Reese - either
Wren - either, though I've never met a wren in real life
Jordan - either
Taylor - either but leaning towards girl
Robin - either, but leaning towards boy
Spencer - boy
Ellis boy
Avery boy
Eden - either
Blake boy
Blair girl

All boys' names with the exceptions of Wren (girl), Rowan (unisex - one of the rare handful of genuinely unisex names IMO), and Avery (girl, but only because I've heard of quite a few female Averys in the US - it doesn't sound 'girly'). I would think 'Reese' (Witherspoon notwithstanding) would usually be spelled 'Reece' and be a boys' name. And a girl would be Robyn, not Robin.

Logan male
Rowan unisex
Reese male
Wren female
Jordan unisex
Taylor unisex
Robin unisex
Spencer male
Ellis male
Avery male
Eden unisex
Blake male
Blair male

Genuinely unisex names - Rowan, Alex, Chris, Lou.