Gender neutral names

[Ellie2023]

What are your favourite gender neutral names? What are your thoughts on the names below? Please can you rank them from your most to least favourite?

Rowan
Wren
Robin
Frankie
Stevie
Sidney

Thank you!

Used to love them, wouldn’t do it now due to gender ideology

Cameron
Remy

Same as @SayingwhatIreallythink. I really wanted to call my DD Jaime but glad I gave her an obvious ‘girl’ name now although she wishes I’d gone with it!

I wouldn’t say Wren would work for a boy, I love Rowan, Robyn/Robin also.

Why do you want people to rank them?

Thanks so much for your responses so far! @AnxiousShep we’re working on our current shortlist and would love to hear people’s thoughts on the names/ favourites from our list

I like Frankie and Stevie from your list. I think Ashley and Andie could also be an option?

IMO:
BOYS
Rowan - fave for a boy
Sidney - boys name, least fave
GIRLS
Wren - girls name, least fave for girls
Robin - fave for a girl
NOT NAMES
Frankie - not a real name
Stevie - not a real name

I hate Stevie and Frankie with a passion, boys or girls. Awful names.

Wren is surely a girls' name? Sidney surely for boys? (my grandad was a Sid and you wouldn't find more of a man's man than him!).

I have known a couple of Robins / Robyns (female) but for a boy, Robin sounds very dated and rather wet (I'd put it in the same bracket as Timothy; the shortening is ok but the actual name I'm not keen on). Much prefer Robyn for a girl.

Rowan is my favourite of the bunch if I have to pick just one name from the list for a child of either sex, but it wouldn't be high on my list overall.

I think maybe I'm not really a fan of gender neutral names in general. I like strong names and they tend to be a bit wishy-washy, neither one thing nor the other.

I like Robyn and Wren for a girl but Wren on a boy seems quite feminine to me. I like Frankie for a boy and Rowan is nice for either! Not a fan of Sidney or Stevie, sorry!

Alex
Charlie

Just to add, I like Alex and Charlie for both girls and boys but I'd put Alexandra/Charlotte on the birth cert for a girl.

Rowan
Wren
Robin
Frankie
Stevie
Sidney

rowan
sydney- spelled like this
wren- prefer for girl
stevie- prefer for girl
robin
frankie

i like

quinn
river
dylan
ellis
Eden
remy
rio
phoenix

Rowan is the only one I really like from your list. Sorry !

Rowan - like but it's far more popular for boys
Robin - not sure if I like it
Stevie - ok, but Evie is very popular, seems dated for a boy
Sidney - not keen
Frankie - don't like it
Wren - dreadful

Rowan is the only one I'd consider

All Gender names ..
Dale
Lindsay
Alex
Quinn
Robin
Pat
Cecil
Sage
Jade
Morgan
Riley
Paisley

I love Frankie short for Francesca.

don’t like the rest.

I do like unisex nicknames like:
Sam
Alex
Max
Jo(e)

Sidney/Sydney at the top. Rest at the bottom

Rowan is the only usable one.

Rowan and Robin are nice.

I don't think Wren works for a boy at all plus it's an awful name jmo.

Sorry I don't really like any of those names to be honest. They sound pretentious

Robin - love it and prefer this spelling for both sexes
Sydney - really nice and I’d probably go with this as less popular than Robin
Stevie - I like it as a nn but I do think it needs Stephen/Stephanie as a full name.
Frankie - I like it but I think it needs Francis/Franklin or Frances/Francesca as a full name
Rowan - I like it but it’s done to death
Wren - I don’t like it and it’s very much a girls’ name

Arran?

I've got mixed feelings uon gender neutral names tbh, they often seem more like gender confused names to me. For instance Wren seems more feminine and Robin more male to me.
I quite like Sidney/Sydney for a boy, but would spell it Cydney for a girl.

Other names I think would work are Lee/Leigh, Ashley/Ashleigh, Elliot, and I like Claude for a boy or girl.

How in the world is Robin or Rowan or Frankie pretentious? They are all very popular. As has Stevie been in the past.

I’ve only ever known Wren as a boy’s name but perhaps it would work for a girl too. After all, you do get female wrens! It’s the nicest on your list OP imo.

I would use Rowan for a girl and Robin for a boy.