Another post mentioned the name [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] and so I clicked on it because it wasn’t pink. Is [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] really considered a unisex name? I’ve never met a little boy or man with the name.
I would not really consider it unisex because [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] (or [name_u]Abby[/name_u]) is really strongly connected to [name_f]Abigail[/name_f].
Well an abbey is a type of church, so that spelling could be unisex… if you’d consider church, mosque, temple etc names 
[name_u]Abby[/name_u] I see as a nickname for [name_f]Abigail[/name_f]. I can’t think of any boy ‘ab’ names off the top of my head but they could have [name_u]Abby[/name_u] as a nickname too.
I like [name_u]Abbey[/name_u], this spelling, as in the monastery. In theory it should work for either gender.
However I don’t think it’s particularly usable on a boy despite being a word name. It’s a very common girl’s nickname.
[name_m]Even[/name_m] a little girl would be grouped with [name_u]Abi[/name_u]/[name_u]Abby[/name_u] etc. which I dislike because I don’t like [name_f]Abigail[/name_f].
[name_u]Abbey[/name_u] would be a cute nickname for a little boy named [name_m]Abner[/name_m]. Of course, everyone would assume that he was a girl when they introduced him and the parents would have to be okay with that. I actually like it for a boy, but I think it would be rough on him with [name_u]Abby[/name_u] Cadabby constantly reminding all of the other small fry that [name_u]Abby[/name_u] is a girl’s name. Kids can be very vigilant gender police.
I met a baby boy named [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] recently after having met multiple little girl Emersons. I assumed boy [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] was a girl, even though I really do think it is a boy’s name.
Thanks for the replies. I just can’t imagine a little boy named [name_u]Abbey[/name_u]/[name_u]Abby[/name_u], even though I know it can be short for [name_m]Abner[/name_m] or [name_m]Abraham[/name_m]. It just seems totally girl to me and strange on a male.
Theoretically, it’s gender neutral, but I think most people would associate [name_u]Abbey[/name_u]/[name_u]Abby[/name_u] with [name_f]Abigail[/name_f], which is obviously a girls name.
My grandpa [name_m]Albert[/name_m] is called [name_m]Ab[/name_m] for short instead of [name_m]Al[/name_m]. Maybe that’s why? Like how [name_u]James[/name_u] --> [name_m]Jim[/name_m] --> [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m], it would be [name_m]Albert[/name_m] --> [name_m]Ab[/name_m] --> [name_u]Abbey[/name_u]? I don’t know if anyone ever called him that, but they could have.
for a girl (or a female dog I loved very much), but I can’t see it for a boy. If for a boy, it just seems like the place they keep abbots, an abbey.
There’s also [name_u]Abbott[/name_u] (which I love!). I don’t know that I’d be happy to meet a little boy named [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] or not. I like the idea of [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] nn [name_u]Allie[/name_u]. And even sort of [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] nn [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]. So I suppose I could get into [name_u]Abbott[/name_u]/[name_m]Abner[/name_m]/[name_m]Abram[/name_m]/[name_m]Abraham[/name_m], nn [name_u]Abbey[/name_u], but it would take a really adorable little boy for me to get there. (I do love [name_u]Abbott[/name_u], though!)
This is funny for me because my mother and I were just talking about my uncle’s father who goes by [name_u]Abbey[/name_u], which I had never heard of for a man, and then it’s the first thread I see when I logged on. The first name I thought of was [name_m]Abner[/name_m], but I guess his name is [name_m]Albert[/name_m], but they shortened it to [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] instead of [name_m]Al[/name_m]. (Like thatkathryngirl before me ^ had said about their grandpa).
I don’t think naming a baby boy these days [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] would be completely crazy, but I’m pretty easy going with the use of unisex names. I think if it was just a casual nickname (not called all the time, not written on things like his schoolwork, etc.) people wouldn’t even notice/comment.
I know a boy named [name_m]Abb[/name_m]. [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] seems fully feminine to me
My nephew (now 14) has always gone by [name_f]Ivey[/name_f] as a nickname for Firstname Middlename Lastname IV. He is a pretty cool kid and has never had issues with his nickname. He is known exclusively by it, no one calls him his actual name. Anyhow, I think [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] is much more common for girls than [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] is, but still, a self-assured enough boy could probably pull off [name_u]Abbey[/name_u].
I can only see, well, an abbey (a convent/monastery), sorry. And I couldn’t help but sing “I’ve even heard her singing in the abbey” from the song [name_f]Maria[/name_f] in The Sound of [name_f]Music[/name_f].