Friday, November 20, 2009

How many unisex names can we get...?

like Pat


Bobby


Jackie

How many unisex names can we get...?
Gordon, Craig, and Kevin?
Reply:This appears to be a US question where you are much more imaginative and polyglot than here in the UK. We only have six or seven unisex names - Robin, Vivian (and its variants), Hilary (Hillary), Carol, Jacky, Bobby, and a few more possibly.
Reply:Chris


Morgan


....can't think!
Reply:Jamie


Lee


Billie


Jo


Lesley


Carol - believe it or not this was my college tutors name and he was a guy!
Reply:shannon
Reply:Jackie,Kim








Some of the names listed or not unisex.......or I would feel sorry for them.





Abby (used as a nickname for Abigail (feminine) or Abraham or Abbott (masculine), the latter as in Abbie Hoffman); also Abbie, Abbey, Abi


Adair; also Adaire


Addie; also Addy or Adi


Addison (surname used as a given name for males and females)


Adrian/Adriane


Afton (name given for the River Afton, used for both sexes)


Ailin (Asian female name \A\-\leen\; Gaelic Male name \I\-\lin\ or \A\-\lin\); see also Allen


Ainsley; also Annesley


Akira (can be masculine or feminine, as it has multiple origins)


Al (nickname for Alexander, Alexandra, Alan, Albert, Alfred, Alison, Alphonse)


Alex (nickname for Alexander (masculine) or Alexandra (feminine)); also Alix.


Alexis, Alexus.


Ali (masculine in Arabic, or short for Alistair or Alexander (masculine) or Alison or Alexandra (feminine)); also Allie, Ally


Alice (both originally feminine and chiefly feminine in usage, but has been used in the past for males; it was the 701st most popular name for boys born in the United States from 1900-1909[1]; see also Alice Cooper, n茅 Vincent Furnier)


Alpha


Alva (both masculine and feminine, as it has two separate origins)


Amal (Arabic)


Amit (Hebrew name)


An (Vietnamese unisex name)


Anah (biblical unisex name)


Anan (Akan unisex name)


Ananda (masculine in India)


Anath; also Anat


Andrea (masculine in some languages and feminine in others); also Andria


Andy (often short for Andrew (masculine) or Andrea (see above)); also Andi, Andie


Angel (generally considered masculine in Spanish-speaking regions and feminine in English-speaking regions (pronounced differently))


Ani (masculine Japanese name, or nickname for various masculine or feminine names containing an); also Annie


Anne (can be masculine in some regions of the Netherlands, especially Friesland, also formerly masculine in France); also Ann


Arden (surname used as a given name on both sexes)


Ari; also Arie


Ariel/Arielle (more common for females)


Arlie; also Arly


Artemis (female: Artemis; male: Artemis Fowl); also Artemus


Asa


Ash (Ash tree/nature name or nickname for various names beginning with Ash-)


Ashley; also Ashly, Ashlee, Ashleigh (usually feminine in the United States, can be masculine in the United Kingdom[2])


Ashton; also Ashtyn


Asia; also Aja, Eja (male:Eja Lange)


Asuka (Japanese name)


Aubrey


Audie (nickname for Audrey (feminine) or other masculine and feminine names beginning with Aud-; also used as a given name, as per Audie Murphy); also Aude


August


Augustine (Anglicized masculine form of the Roman name Augustinus, and the feminine form of the French name Augustin)


Autumn (more common for females)


Averill (surname used as a given name for both sexes)


Avery





[edit] B


Barry or Berry; also Beary, Berrie, Barrie


Benny or Bennie (often a nickname for Benjamin (masculine) or Benjamina or Benjamine (feminine))


Bo (female: Bo Derek, born Mary Cathleen Collins, Little Bo Peep), always masculine in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian


Brandon (surname used as a given name for both sexes, generally males)


Brittany (surname used as a given name for both sexes; generally considered feminine in current times); also Brittney, Britney


Brody (surname, generally masculine as a given name); also Brodie


Buddhi


Bobby or Bobbie; also Bobbi


Billy or Billie (the latter more common in females, eg:Billie Jean King, Billie Piper, Billie Holiday)


Bailey (surname used as a given name for both sexes)


Bay


Bela (Hungarian masculine name (eg. Bela Lugosi or B茅la K谩rolyi) or nickname for the Spanish and Portuguese Isabela (feminine))


Bernie (often a nickname for Bernard (masculine) or Bernadette (feminine))


Bertie (often a nickname for Robert or Roberta; can also be a nickname for Bartholomew, as in Bertie Ahern); also Berty, Bert (variant)


Beverly (surname used as a given name for both sexes); also Beverley


Bevin or Bevan (respectively feminine and masculine names used interchangeably on both sexes)


Blaine (surname used as a given name for both sexes)


Blair (surname used as a given name for both sexes) (Male Example: Blair Underwood, actor), (Female Example: Blair Flannigan, fictional character on Yu-Gi-Oh! GX ); also Blaire


Blake (surname used as a given name for both sexes, but rarely feminine)


Blue or Bleu; also Blu


Blythe (surname used as a given name for both sexes)


Bora (masculine in Turkish and feminine in Albanian; also masculine in several Slavic languages as a diminutive for names such as Velibor and Borislav, as in Bora Milutinovi膰, first name Velibor)


Bradley (surname used as a given name for both sexes, generally males; female: Bradley Taylor); also Brad (nickname)


Brett (generally considered male today, but formerly a female first name: Lady Brett Ashley in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", or Brett Somers)


Briar; also Bryar, Brier, Bryer


Brice or Bryce (female: Bryce Dallas Howard)


Britt or Brit


Britton (surname used as a given name for both sexes); also Briton





[edit] C


Caden, Cayden, Kayden


Camden (sometimes spelled Camdyn, Kamdyn)


Cameron (Generally masculine, often spelled Camryn or Kamryn for females. Female: Cameron Diaz)


Camille (unisex in French)


Carey or Cary


Carol (now usually feminine, masculine forms Caroll/Carroll or Karol (Polish))


Carmen (or Carman)


Casey (or Kaci, Kasey, Kacie)


Cassidy or Kassidy


Ceceil


Chanda (Used for both genders, Primarily feminine)


Chandler


Chandra (In India, it is masculine if the final "a" is pronounced one way and feminine if the final "a" is pronounced another way)


Charlie (short for Charles (masculine), or Charlotte (feminine))


Chase


Chris (unisex as an informal diminutive for Christopher, Christian, Christina or Christine; masculine as a formal name)


Christian also Kristian, Cristian


Christin or Kristin, Kristen, Kristan, Krysten, Krystyn, Krystan, Krystin, etc.


Christy (short for Christopher and Christian (masculine) or Christina and Christine (feminine)) (male example: Christy Moore)


Claire/Clare (more common for females)


Claude (unisex in French) or Claud


Cody/Codie/Codee


Connie (Female鈥攎ost often a diminutive of Constance; male鈥攗sually a diminutive of Conrad, but can also be a diminutive of Cornelius, as in Connie Mack)


Cory/Corey(asian)/Cori (male: Cory Doctorow; female: Cory Kahaney)


Courtney (or Courteney), also Kortney, Cortney, Kourtnie, Kourtney, Kourtnay etc. (more common for females) (male examples: Courtney B. Vance, Courtney Walsh)





[edit] D


Dagmar


Dakota/Dakotah


Dale/Dayle (spelling with the "y" generally feminine - female:Dale Evans; male: Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr.)


Dallas


Dana (male: Dana White, Dana Carvey) (more common for females)


Danny/Danni/Dani (abbreviated versions of Daniel (masculine) and Danielle (feminine) 鈥?"Danny" still largely unisex, spellings with "i" generally feminine)


Dara (Irish, original spelling Darragh always masculine, also spelled Darrah)


Darby


Darcy


Daryl, Darrell, Darryl (female: Daryl Hannah; male: Daryl Hall)


Delaney


Deniz (meaning Sea in Turkish, presumably the most popular unisex name)


Devon/Devin/Devyn/Devone


Diana (rarely masculine)


Dimuthu (given name: Sri Lankan; Sinhalese)


Dominique (more common for females; male: Dominique Wilkins)


Dorien (usually male), Dorian (both male and female; male: Dorian Gray)


Doron (Hebrew for "Present, Gift" - Became unisex during the 1980s)


Drew (originally masculine; became unisex primarily because of the fame of Drew Barrymore; however, it is more common for males)


Dylan (more common for males)





[edit] E


Edem ( probably the most common name among the Ewe of Ghana)


Eirian (Welsh, common name for both sexes)


Elisha (a Biblical Hebrew masculine name鈥攅.g., the full first name of Eli Manning; for females, a short form of Elizabeth or variant spelling of Alicia鈥攅.g. Elisha Cuthbert)


Eli


Elliot (feminine example: character of Elliot Reid on the TV series Scrubs).


Emerson (originally used as a male given name, but since 2003 rapidly becoming common for girls in the USA, on the analogy of Madison)


Enda (Irish. Many famous examples of both sexes)


Eryl


Evelyn (occasionally masculine e.g. Evelyn Waugh)


Eddie





[edit] F


Fran (short for Francis (male: Fran Tarkenton) or Frances/Francine/Francesca (feminine))


Francis/Frances


Frankie (female: Frankie Foster from the animated show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, male: Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle fame.


Fred (short for Frederick (masculine), or Winnifred or Frederica (feminine)), masculine given (Freddie)


Froseen (Greek origin)meaning Joy, light.





[edit] G


Gabi / Gaby (short for Hungarian G谩bor (masculine), Gabriel (masculine),Gabrielle (feminine), or Gabriella (feminine))


Gal (Hebrew)


Gale/Gail/Gayle/Gael


Gene (short for Eugene (masculine) or Eugenia (feminine))


George (female: George Sand)


Georgie (female: Georgie Henley)


Gerd (short for the masculine name Gerhard in German鈥攅.g., Gerd M眉ller; feminine in Nordic languages)


Gerry (short for Gerald (masculine) or Geraldine (feminine))


Glen or Glenn (female: Glenn Close; male: Glenn Beck and Glen Campbell)


Graham (Female uses on rare occasions)


Gus


Gustav


Greg


G枚khan (Turkish name G枚khan (masculine) or G枚khane(feminine)pronounced the same way as(masculine))





[edit] H


Haru (Japanese name, male: Haruo; female: Harue, both shortened to Haru usually)


Haley/Halley/Hayley/Hailey (male: Haley Joel Osment; female: Hayley Mills)


Harley (male:Harley Earl; female:Harley Quinn, a fictional character from the Batman comic books and television series, whose name is a play on the word, Harlequin.)


Harry (nicknames: male, Henry, female Harrie
Reply:andrea
Reply:adrienne


gabriel (yes i know i guy called gabriel)


dani
Reply:Dana
Reply:sandy
Reply:Ashley


Kelly
Reply:jamie


sam


jordan


andy
Reply:Ashley (I wonder how i know that lol)


Lee


Lesley


Billie -Joe


Frankie


Linz


Elliot
Reply:Shelly


Robin
Reply:Terry, kym,Jo,Billie,Bailey,Blair,


Dale,Dallas,Darcy,Saxon,Sasha


Paris,Peta,Hunter,Val,Vic,Robby,Robyn


Frankie,Finn,Eden,Chris,Charlie,Casey
Reply:Lesley , Lindsay , Stacy , Jordan , Jamie , Jackie , McKenzie , Cameron ,Lee ,Taylor .
Reply:madison


camren
Reply:Leslie


Leigh
Reply:I agree...there are some names like Hunter and Blake that I thought I would never hear as a girls name and I have seen so many of them around where I live. Also other unisex names are Jamie, Madison, Evan (yes I know a girl named Evan), Ashley, Ryan, and the list goes on and on...its sad.
Reply:i think aaron or aaran is the best
Reply:Jamie, Taylor...
Reply:Andrea
Reply:alex


bailey


casey


jordan


julian


lee


morgan


ryan


sam


sidney


tony





etc, etc.
Reply:jamie


kevin


stacy


kelly


jordan


jaylin


casey


cory


sam
Reply:jordan, Casey, Ryan, ashley, riley, taylor, Cameron, Jayden, Dakota, Drew , Jamie, Logan, Micah, Morgan, Parker, Reese, Sage, Shannon, Sidney, Tegan
Reply:Both my boys have one.





Jesse


Jamie





(oh, and I have ALReADY picked out the name Jackie for my next child(hopefully girl), but if a boy, fine too)! I love 'J' names, the unisex thing was an accident.


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