Popular unisex names in Europe

Gender Neutral Names
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I recently went over different european countries popular name statistics to find what the most popular unisex names are in other countries for a post on my blog and I figured I’d share it here too.

Is there a name that surprises you? If you had to name a child using these names what would you choose?

Popular unisex names in Europe

(b = boy and g = girl, their ranking in each list, I only added a name if it was on both the boy and the girl’s lists.)

Basque country (Spain) Top 100 in 2020

  • Lur (b 97 / g 45)

Belgium Top 200 in 2021

  • [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] (b 54 / g 82)
  • [name_u]Lou[/name_u] (b 27 / g 26)
  • [name_u]Noa[/name_u] (b 125 / g 154)

[name_u]England[/name_u] and [name_m]Wales[/name_m] Top 1000 in 2021

  • [name_u]Addison[/name_u] (b 841 / g 303)
  • [name_u]Amari[/name_u] (b 278 / g 720)
  • [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] (b 526 / g 936)
  • [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] (b 569 / g 214)
  • [name_u]Avery[/name_u] (b 433 / g 355)
  • [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] (b 238 / g 560)
  • [name_u]Beau[/name_u] (b 113 / g 395)
  • [name_u]Blake[/name_u] (b 74 / g 428)
  • [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] (b 584 / g 767)
  • [name_u]Casey[/name_u] (b 344 / g 918)
  • [name_u]Eden[/name_u] (b 225 / g 91)
  • [name_u]Frankie[/name_u] (b 65 / g 111)
  • [name_u]Georgie[/name_u] (b 543 / g 235)
  • [name_u]Harley[/name_u] (b 115 / g 252)
  • [name_u]Harper[/name_u] (b 939 / g 26)
  • [name_u]Marley[/name_u] (b 129 / g 348)
  • [name_u]Milan[/name_u] (b 274 / g 957)
  • [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] (b 374 / g 549)
  • [name_u]Noa[/name_u] (b 676 / g 264)
  • [name_u]Oakley[/name_u] ( b 67 / g 720)
  • [name_u]Ocean[/name_u] (b 771 / g 333)
  • [name_u]Parker[/name_u] (b 143 / g 918)
  • [name_u]Phoenix[/name_u] (b 164 / g 483)
  • [name_u]Quinn[/name_u] (b 263 / g 238)
  • [name_u]Remi[/name_u] (b 269 / g 174)
  • [name_u]Remy[/name_u] (b 148 / g 549)
  • [name_u]Riley[/name_u] (b 70 /g 207)
  • [name_u]River[/name_u] (b 131 / g 119)
  • [name_u]Robin[/name_u] (b 130 / g 361)
  • [name_u]Rowan[/name_u] (b 63 / g 423)
  • [name_u]Rylee[/name_u] (b 888 / g 699)
  • [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u] (b 825 / g 884)
  • [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] (b 398 / g 634)
  • [name_u]Wren[/name_u] (b 688 / g 184)

[name_u]France[/name_u] Top 500 in 2021

  • [name_u]Alix[/name_u] (b 288 / g 42)
  • Andréa (b 189 / g 102)
  • [name_u]Camille[/name_u] (b 62 / g 39)
  • [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] (b 90 / g 25)
  • [name_u]Eden[/name_u] (b 21 / g 194)
  • [name_f]Loïs[/name_f] (b 240 / g 489)
  • [name_u]Louison[/name_u] (b 229 / g 178)
  • [name_m]Maé[/name_m] (b 74 / g 429)
  • [name_u]Noa[/name_u] (b 77 / g 274)
  • [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] (b 117 / g 200)
  • Yaël (b 316 / g 498)

[name_u]Germany[/name_u] Top 500 in 2022

  • [name_u]Elia[/name_u] (b 111 / g 468)
  • [name_u]Isa[/name_u] (b 263 / g 486)
  • [name_u]Janne[/name_u] (b 356 / g 370)
  • [name_u]Mika[/name_u] (b 44 / g 462)
  • [name_u]Toni[/name_u] (b 59 /g 347)

Netherlands Top 500 in 2022

  • [name_u]Beau[/name_u] (b 165 / g 229)
  • [name_u]Bo[/name_u] (b 482 / g 45)
  • [name_u]Bobby[/name_u] (b 212 / g 487)
  • [name_u]Bowie[/name_u] (b 228 / g 135)
  • [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] (b 124 / g 105)
  • [name_u]Dani[/name_u] (b 85 / g 487)
  • [name_u]Isa[/name_u] (b 312 / g 35)
  • [name_m]Jip[/name_m] (b 78 / g 179)
  • [name_u]Lou[/name_u] (b 178 / g 74)
  • [name_u]Marley[/name_u] (b 498 / g 157)
  • [name_f]Novi[/name_f] (b 426 / g 107)
  • [name_u]Quinn[/name_u] (b 101 / g 403)
  • [name_u]Riley[/name_u] (b 282 / g 181)
  • [name_u]Robin[/name_u] (b 175 / g 190)
  • [name_u]Senna[/name_u] (b 358 / g 158)

Serbia Top 100 in 2018

  • [name_u]Vanja[/name_u] (b 50 / g 52)
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Interesting! I think if I had to pick a name from these that would feel completely neutral to me I’d go with [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] :fallen_leaf::nest_with_eggs:

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Thanks for sharing!

I have a [name_u]Robin[/name_u] already and if I was picking a new middle for him from this list, I’d go with [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]Ocean[/name_u]. For a sibling, maybe [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u].

It’s interesting to see that [name_u]Janne[/name_u] is so evenly split in [name_u]Germany[/name_u] - it’s exclusively masculine in my country of origin.

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I think I’d go with [name_u]River[/name_u] [name_u]Lou[/name_u] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

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This is so cool! I find it interesting how many unisex names on the UK list lean masculine that lean feminine in the US (like [name_u]Riley[/name_u], [name_u]Taylor[/name_u], [name_u]Casey[/name_u], and Morgan) and especially [name_u]Ashley[/name_u] which is pretty much exclusively feminine in the US at this point. I also love learning what names are considered unisex in languages other than [name_f]English[/name_f].

If I were naming a child, I would choose [name_u]Casey[/name_u] [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] :herb:, [name_u]Riley[/name_u] [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] :crescent_moon:, or [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] [name_u]Riley[/name_u] :sun_with_face:

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What a great list! I’m surprised by [name_u]Senna[/name_u], [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] and [name_u]Louison[/name_u]!

If I was to use these, I’d pick:

[name_u]Rowan[/name_u] [name_u]Casey[/name_u], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] and [name_u]Bobby[/name_u] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]

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[name_u]Casey[/name_u] leans masculine in the US as well.

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Wow! I should have double checked the data instead of just going by my assumption :sweat_smile: I’ve never actually met a male [name_u]Casey[/name_u] that I can remember meanwhile I know a ton of female Caseys (and a few with other spellings!) Maybe it’s just different in my area.

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I love [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_u]Frankie[/name_u] & [name_u]Blake[/name_u]!

[name_u]Riley[/name_u] [name_u]Eden[/name_u] would probably by my choice if I didn’t know the gender, or [name_u]Noa[/name_u] [name_u]Blake[/name_u].

I’m surprised that [name_u]Bailey[/name_u] is given to more girls as I thought it was quite masculine. And [name_u]Harper[/name_u] so popular with boys? Maybe I’m just not with the latest trends.

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I love these names!
I’d go with [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] or [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] [name_u]Noa[/name_u]

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This is really cool! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite names are [name_u]Noa[/name_u], [name_u]Milan[/name_u], [name_u]Remi[/name_u], [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_u]Shiloh[/name_u], [name_m]Maé[/name_m], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_u]Elia[/name_u], [name_u]Isa[/name_u], and [name_u]Senna[/name_u]. If I were to name a child fro. this list, they’d be [name_u]Elia[/name_u] [name_u]River[/name_u] or [name_u]Isa[/name_u] [name_u]Remi[/name_u]!

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