Gender Neutral Baby Names

[spearmynt]

What are your favourite names that work on both boys and girls?

Morgan

Love Alex and Robin.

I know an equal number of men and women called Mischa.

Evan
Robin/Robyn

Ray/Rae
Cameron (although I'm Scottish so it's a boys name for me)
Ally is unisex in Scotland (sorry for Alasdair or Alison)
Jamie
Can't think of any more atm

Jude
Rowan
Robyn/Robin
Brooke
Frankie
Frances/Francis

Finn
Flyn
Kim / Kym
Billy / Billie
Robin / Robyn

Taylor
Jordan
McKenzie

Francis

Blake
Quinn
Sutton
River
Grey

All names are gender neutral if you’re brave enough

Sue

Francis/Frances.

Though a word of warning about gender neutral names. My mum has one and she's lost count of the times that she's been mistaken for a man. The worst was when she went into hospital for a gynae procedure and was put on a male surgical ward. She thought it was odd that everyone was talking to my dad until she realised what had happened.

Perhaps go for a longer name that has a neutral shortening E.g Alexandra / Alexander

Seconding Twizbe's warning. My sister has a neutral name (mostly because my mother wanted a boy), and there have been a lot of issues.

Personally, I lean more towards names that have neutral nicknames, but for actual neutral names that I haven't spotted yet: Emery/Emory/Amery
Alexis
Avery
Cassidy
Davri
Jamie
Kacey
Kelley
Kelsey
Merit
Sage
Shea
Zeal

Morgan

Stevie
Billie
Robyn
Kamryn
Riley

Tyler
Sam

Lesley/ie

Not that it’s anyone favourite. 🤣

A lot of gender neutral names are spelt differently. So a y if feminine, i if masculine.

Reese

Bodhi

Cody

Charlie
Stevie / Steff
Noah/Noa
Reggie (Regina / Reginald)
Henry

Lennie

Hadley
Winter
Scout
Auden
Tristan
Adrian
Dorian

MacKenzie/McKenzie means 'son of Kenneth'. Not gender neutral, unless words have no meanings any more.