Unisex names

Baby Names
#1

Are there any unisex names in the western world that have been unisex for longer than a century?

I know that a lot of nicknames have been traditionally used for both genders (or rather as nicknames for the female and male version of the same name) and I know that some languages have names that are pronounced the same but spelled diffrently (André/Andrée…) but are there any names that have been used for both genders for a long time without any spelling variations for either gender or the name leaning towards one side? Only one I can think of rn is Maria/Marie as a religious name in the middle spot are there any more that got maybe lost in history?

#2

Perhaps Francis and Frances - both have been used as masc and fem names but i guess it doesn’t quite count as Frances leans more fem. I will think more on it

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#3

Good question!
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]?
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]?

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#4

[name_u]Claude[/name_u]
[name_u]Alix[/name_u]
[name_u]Camille[/name_u]
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]
[name_u]Yael[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Yannick[/name_m]
[name_u]Brice[/name_u]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u]
[name_u]Patrice[/name_u]
[name_f]Stephane[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasie[/name_f] & [name_f]Anastase[/name_f]
Gwenaël
Anaël
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_u]Fiore[/name_u]
Sole & [name_u]Sol[/name_u] & [name_f]Soleil[/name_f]
Fleury
[name_u]Valery[/name_u] & [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u] & Costante
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
Irenée
Eike / [name_u]Heike[/name_u]
[name_u]Merle[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_u]Cyrille[/name_u]
[name_u]Basil[/name_u] / [name_m]Basile[/name_m]
Émile
[name_f]Cécile[/name_f]
[name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
Aminé
[name_m]Sofiane[/name_m]
[name_u]José[/name_u] & [name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_m]Côme[/name_m]
[name_m]Naël[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothée[/name_m]
[name_f]Dorothée[/name_f]
[name_u]Rayan[/name_u] / Rayane
[name_f]Yasmin[/name_f]
[name_f]Colomba[/name_f] / [name_u]Colombe[/name_u]
[name_u]Aquila[/name_u]
Liberté
Felicité / [name_u]Felice[/name_u]
[name_u]Amal[/name_u]
Tiphaine
[name_u]Adel[/name_u]
Adalgis
Abigaïl
[name_f]France[/name_f]

Exc. There are even more

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#5

Thanks! Thats a great list

#6

Jessie/Jesse
[name_u]Marion[/name_u]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
Frances/Francis
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_u]José[/name_u] (similar to Maria)
[name_u]Dominique[/name_u]