What first name would you pick as your favorite most versatile name? (Boy/ Girl/ Unisex whatever you choose)
Versatile meaning easy to wear in most situations, professions, or life stages. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have other ideas about makes a name versatile?
I think my favorite first names are fairly versatile: [name_f]Ida[/name_f] and [name_m]Simon[/name_m].
However, if I were choosing a name purely on versatility, maybe [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_u]James[/name_u]?
I think it’s [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]. For a lady, for a tomboy (nn [name_u]Jo[/name_u]/Joey). For a child, for an adult. For serious, for fun. For every occupation. For everyone.
I’m picking [name_f]Kate[/name_f] and [name_m]Jack[/name_m] at the moment anyway…
James is super versatile for boys, although I have to admit it’s not a favourite, and I think [name_f]Emily[/name_f] is pretty versatile for girls. It gets a little trickier among my names, because they’re versatile in one sense (by virtue of not being common enough to tie specifically to one thing), but not always… the easiest to wear. Maybe [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (even though it doesn’t feel super me) and [name_m]Ronan[/name_m].
[name_m]Simon[/name_m] is also my favorite! I’ve all but decided if I ever have a son, he’ll be Simōn Jôhn (accents are privacy symbols).
As for versatile names, I tend to favor the idea of names with a lot of nickname options. This is because you can wear the full name, or different nicknames to match different stages of life, based on what suits you. Like:
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_u]Augustine[/name_u]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f] / [name_f]Angelique[/name_f]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_m]Isadore[/name_m]
Etc.
Clara or [name_f]Cassia[/name_f].
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f] is very versatile to me, I can see it on all ages, nn [name_u]Cass[/name_u] would be a tomboy-ish nn. However, [name_f]Clara[/name_f] is most versatile to me, although it doesn’t really have any nns.
Girls
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
Boys
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
I love S1mon J0hn! [name_f]My[/name_f] current middle for [name_m]Simon[/name_m] is [name_m]Leo[/name_m] (I haven’t bothered with privacy symbols this for, but I probably should), but I do occasionally ponder other middle names.
Thanks! [name_m]John[/name_m] is an honor name that’s very important to me so I was very excited to discover it fit so well with my #1 boy name 
[name_m]Simon[/name_m] [name_m]Leo[/name_m] is also fantastic.
Leo doesn’t have particular meaning to me, but since this is a (the) name combination I’ve had since the single digits, I’m quite fond of it! However, I have considered some honor names.
Totally agree, especially with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] - there are so many distinct nicknames that it’s easy to be an [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and identify with some part of your name. And a full-name-[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] could be anyone.
Probably [name_m]Simon[/name_m] or [name_m]Jack[/name_m]. For a girl, [name_f]Juliette[/name_f].
Easy to spell, easy to pronounce, familiar to many people, exists in many (European, in my case) languages. I think names of latin origin do a good job at being versatile as many languages have at least a few words based on latin / use latin words. I’m thinking [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Victor[/name_m], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f] but also names such as [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_u]Henri[/name_u]/y, [name_m]Oscar[/name_m], [name_f]Emma[/name_f].
I think [name_f]Anna[/name_f] or [name_f]Eve[/name_f] for a girl; [name_m]Leo[/name_m] or [name_m]Luke[/name_m] for a boy.
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_u]Benjamin[/name_u] (or [name_u]Timothy[/name_u])
Juliet!
So many great nicknames ([name_u]Julie[/name_u], [name_f]Lia[/name_f], [name_f]Etta[/name_f], [name_u]Jet[/name_u], [name_u]Jay[/name_u], [name_u]Jules[/name_u], [name_m]Lio[/name_m]) and it has a few male forms too ([name_u]Julian[/name_u], [name_m]Julius[/name_m])!
I could see it on a child, adult, or grandma. It’s really a versatile name!
Came here to say these two exact names!
Eleanor and [name_m]Edward[/name_m]
I’ve never heard the nn “[name_u]Jet[/name_u]” for [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]! I hope you don’t mind if I steal that, SO CUTE!