3+ syllable unisex names?

My OHs parents chose gender neutral names for their babies (in the late 80s / early 90s) that would work whether the baby was a boy or a girl. I know he loves that approach to naming and would really like to do something similar when we have children.

I have loads of gender neutral faves that are 1-2 syllables, but I’m looking for some suggestions for 3+ syllable names.

So far I like…

Bellamy
Elliott
Emerson
Indiana
Juniper

Any other suggestions?!

[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u]
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]
[name_u]October[/name_u]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonide[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_u]Dakota[/name_u]

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Endeavor
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Garrison[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]

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Thank you, lovely suggestions! There’s a few that swing more feminine or masculine to me, and some I’m not sure I would use as a first name but are 100% already on my list for middles.

Like: [name_u]Connelly[/name_u], [name_u]Ellison[/name_u], [name_u]Dakota[/name_u] (I would have said nms before but [name_m]Macaulay[/name_m] Culkin’s baby boy [name_u]Dakota[/name_u] has made me reconsider!)

All boy to me: [name_u]Willoughby[/name_u] (love this for a boy), [name_m]Leonide[/name_m]

All girl to me: [name_u]Waverly[/name_u], [name_u]Romilly[/name_u]

NMS: [name_u]Indigo[/name_u], [name_u]October[/name_u], [name_u]Delaney[/name_u]

Already on my middles list: [name_u]Valentine[/name_u] :heart_eyes: [name_u]Endellion[/name_u] :heart_eyes:

Wow, Endeavor is amazing and I don’t think I’ve ever heard that suggested as a name. I’m not sure my OH and I would be brave enough to use it, but it’s stunning and I would definitely admire it as someone else’s choice!

[name_u]Dorian[/name_u] is interesting… at first glance I would have said it’s a boy name for me, but I can actually the appeal for girl. The nickname [name_u]Dory[/name_u] would be lovely.

Aww I wish [name_m]Garrison[/name_m] was unisex for me, it would be such an easy way to honour my dad, [name_u]Garry[/name_u]!

Thanks for your suggestions :blush:

[name_u]Ellery[/name_u], [name_u]Cameron[/name_u], [name_u]Addison[/name_u], [name_u]Mallory[/name_u] (I know a guy named [name_u]Mallory[/name_u] even if it generally is female so idk if you would consider it unisex.)

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Léonide
[name_f]Hyacinthe[/name_f]
[name_u]Meridian[/name_u]
[name_f]Peridot[/name_f]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Nineveh[/name_f]
[name_u]Polaris[/name_u]
[name_u]Oleander[/name_u]

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Sorry for repeats!

[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_u]Dakota[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellison[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellington[/name_u]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_u]Madigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Remington[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Adriel[/name_m]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Lexington[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_u]Everest[/name_u]
[name_f]Liberty[/name_f]
[name_u]Kennedy[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Mallory[/name_u]
McKinley
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_u]Montana[/name_u]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_f]Anniston[/name_f]
[name_u]Anderson[/name_u]
[name_u]Calloway[/name_u]
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]
[name_u]December[/name_u]
[name_u]January[/name_u]
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]

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[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerrigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Madigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_u]Halcyon[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]

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Apologies for repeats:

[name_u]Madigan[/name_u]
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Callahan[/name_u]
Hollander
[name_u]Darian[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]
Avriel
[name_f]Avital[/name_f]
[name_u]Anderson[/name_u]
[name_u]Julian[/name_u]
[name_m]Adrian[/name_m]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
Cadmium
[name_u]Connelly[/name_u]

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[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_f]Angeline[/name_f]

Some of these don’t seem your style or lean heavily to one sex or the other (some are just names that are occasionally used for the opposite sex), but I’ll list them anyway!

[name_u]Delaney[/name_u]
[name_u]Laramie[/name_u]
[name_u]Pevensie[/name_u]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_u]Abilene[/name_u]
[name_u]Abiah[/name_u]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_u]Calloway[/name_u]
[name_f]Liberty[/name_f]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Finnegan[/name_u]
[name_u]Genesis[/name_u]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u]
[name_u]Amari[/name_u]
[name_u]Imari[/name_u]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Madrigal[/name_f]
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_u]November[/name_u]
[name_u]September[/name_u]
[name_u]Solaris[/name_u]
[name_u]Colorado[/name_u]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_u]Coriander[/name_u]
[name_f]Novalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Havilah[/name_u]
[name_f]Hadassah[/name_f]
[name_u]Azariah[/name_u]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_u]Oleander[/name_u]
[name_u]Oliver[/name_u]

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@findemaxa13 - Thanks, I love [name_u]Ellery[/name_u]! [name_u]Addison[/name_u] is way too popular for girls for me (as nice a name as it is). [name_u]Mallory[/name_u] is an interesting one, I wouldn’t have thought it would work for boys but I can kinda see it with the nn [name_u]Mal[/name_u]. And am I the only one who says [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] and it’s two syllables? :upside_down_face:

@Rosebeth - Another one for Léonide and I’ve never really heard or noticed that name before! Again, I love [name_u]Endellion[/name_u] and it’s definitely on my middles list. The others are lovely, but way too out there for my OH… he wouldn’t definitely veto all of them haha!

@Kipperbo1 - [name_u]Love[/name_u] the seconds for [name_u]Dakota[/name_u], [name_u]Ellison[/name_u], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_u]Ellery[/name_u] and [name_u]Connelly[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] other faves from your list are [name_u]Madigan[/name_u], [name_u]Everest[/name_u], [name_f]Anniston[/name_f] and [name_u]Calloway[/name_u]. [name_u]Anderson[/name_u] is my #1 boys name so it’s already on my list, but just for a boy - other than [name_u]Emerson[/name_u], I’m not really a fan of many ‘son’ names for girls!

@Greyblue - [name_u]Rosario[/name_u] is interesting, only thought of it as a girls name but I can see with ‘o’ ending how it would work for a boy! [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_u]Halcyon[/name_u] and it’s birdy meaning, but my OH would never go for it, boo! [name_u]Happy[/name_u] to see another vote for one of my middles - [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]. Thanks!

@itsjustjack - Again, some repeats in there I do like and another appearance for my fave boys name, [name_u]Anderson[/name_u]. Can’t use [name_u]Julian[/name_u] or [name_m]Adrian[/name_m] for personal reasons. But I’m really into [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], great suggestion! I love that it’s 3 syllables, but feels simpler and less fussy than a lot of other names in this category. And I LOVE the nickname [name_u]Ari[/name_u] for a boy or girl. Yes yes yes, definitely going to mull over [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] some more! Thank you!

@almostactually - Thanks for your suggestions! [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] is a family name on both sides and I so wish I could use it on a boy but the popularity for girls really puts me off it. I’ve loved the name [name_u]November[/name_u] for a girl since I heard it on Dollhouse, but I can definitely see it working for a boy too. [name_u]Florian[/name_u] I loooooooove, but my name is [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] and I want to avoid names that start with the start with the same letters or sound similar to ours (Rowan is out for this reason, OH is Robin). Otherwise, definitely a few names in there I do like but mainly for one gender (Finnegan, Novalie).

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I’m not sure if some of these are too over the top for you…

[name_u]Alizarin[/name_u]
[name_u]Amani[/name_u]
[name_u]Amery[/name_u]
[name_u]Aquila[/name_u]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Carnelian[/name_m]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u]
Loreto
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
[name_u]Micaiah[/name_u]
[name_f]Montserrat[/name_f]
[name_u]Nazaret[/name_u]
[name_u]Nevada[/name_u]
[name_u]Omega[/name_u]
[name_u]Sequoia[/name_u]
[name_u]Trinidad[/name_u]
Vieno

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Seconding my faves that have been suggested because there are so many suggestions already -

[name_u]Oleander[/name_u] (!!!)
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u]

Also how about [name_u]Amory[/name_u]?