Traditional gender-neutral names?

General Name Discussion
1

Any TRADITIONAL names that are gender-neutral (Not like Emmett or something, because “it can be used on a girl”, but actual unisex ones) besides Madison & Addison?

2

I don’t there are many in [name_f]English[/name_f] that aren’t (more or less) 100% feminine or masculine nowadays. I recall reading that [name_u]Florence[/name_u] and [name_u]Julian[/name_u] used to be gender-neutral in the past.

I know of a few in [name_u]French[/name_u] - [name_u]Dominique[/name_u], [name_u]Camille[/name_u], [name_u]Claude[/name_u]. Those have been used for both boys and girls for a very long time.

1 Like
3

maybe [name_u]Lou[/name_u]? It’s a short form of both [name_m]Louis[/name_m] and [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], two names common in history

most (now) unisex names that are traditional aren’t quite as gender-neutral today – take [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], for example :confused:

1 Like
4

[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Aubrey[/name_u]
[name_u]Francis[/name_u]
[name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_u]Honor[/name_u]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_u]Sidney[/name_u]

Most surnames are gender neutral, since surnames don’t have genders. Actually [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and [name_u]Addison[/name_u] and [name_u]Madison[/name_u] are technically same - all are surnames.

3 Likes
5

Maybe [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_u]Jean[/name_u] and [name_u]Quinn[/name_u].

1 Like
6

The most traditional gender neutral names I can think of are those which are nicknames for both feminine and masculine names, such as:

[name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
[name_u]Georgie[/name_u]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_u]Pat[/name_u]

Other than that, maybe [name_u]Robin[/name_u] or [name_u]Jamie[/name_u]?
[name_u]Or[/name_u] [name_u]Avery[/name_u] or [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u] (since it seems to be quite equally divided between whether they lean more feminine or masculine)

2 Likes
7

[name_u]Alexis[/name_u]
[name_u]Dara[/name_u]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Bailey[/name_u]
[name_u]Hunter[/name_u]

1 Like
8

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Merle[/name_u]
[name_u]Jordan[/name_u]
[name_u]Reagan[/name_u]
[name_u]Patrice[/name_u]

1 Like
9

Gahhhhhh these are all nice but SUPER gendered where i live. :joy: