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babynames2009-12-10 11:19 pm
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What is your favorite gender-neutral name?
Robin, Sasha, Carol (I don't know how unisex people consider Carol these days, though, it's pretty much been taken over by females)
Shannon is nice too :)
Shannon is nice too :)
I'd been conversing with a colleague that I had never met before via email for about 3 months before I met them. Their name was Shannon, the whole time I was talking to them I assumed he was a woman, nope he's a man.
i love kerry for a boys name.
I really like Kyle for a girl, but I know I'm in the minority there.
for more common gender-neutral name, my favorite is Robin.
for more common gender-neutral name, my favorite is Robin.
:) I like Kyle for a girl too.
ps i love your icon soooooo much.
I feel the same way a few commenters below do- I like plenty of gender-neutral names but they aren't all gender neutral to me- as in, I prefer them for one gender over the other. Taylor is the only one I can think of that I like equally on boys and girls.
My favorite is probably Alex or Joey. Joey may not be one most people think of for girls but I don't flippin care! lol
I like Joey on a girl! That's really cute.
Sage and grey. I really like paris on a boy, but I guess it's gender neutral. I've seen ellis on boys and girls and I love that name. But I absolutely adore sage and grey.
Depends. There's a lot of "gender neutral" names I only like on boys and a lot I only like on girls, so they don't really feel gender neutral to me. I think the only ones I really like on both equally are Carol and Shannon.
Edited 2009-12-11 06:04 (UTC)
I sort of agree with with - there are a lot of gender neutral names that I dont feel are too neutral, I like Claire (as opposed to Clair) Morgan, Kelly, Kerry and Terry all for girls (I hate them on boys) and I like Taylor, Jordan, Evan and Cameron but only for boys, I hate them on girls. I don't think there is any one name that I like equally for both.
The only one on my list: Darcy
I also like:
Robin
Alexey/Alexis (but the first moreso on boys and the second on girls)
Indigo (guilty pleasure)
Morgan (moreso for boys)
I also like:
Robin
Alexey/Alexis (but the first moreso on boys and the second on girls)
Indigo (guilty pleasure)
Morgan (moreso for boys)
oh. forgot about morgan. thats one i like equally for boy/girl
Riley.
Quinn would be second. I like it enough on both genders, whereas with Riley, I really like it on both genders. Most other "gender neutral" names I can think of I only like on one gender, or at the least, STRONGLY associate it with one gender more so than another.
Quinn would be second. I like it enough on both genders, whereas with Riley, I really like it on both genders. Most other "gender neutral" names I can think of I only like on one gender, or at the least, STRONGLY associate it with one gender more so than another.
Robin is my number one, and if we're talking nicknames I also like Sam, Alex, Charlie, Jamie.
Other names that are nice even though they are NMS: Cameron, Dylan, Emerson.
Other names that are nice even though they are NMS: Cameron, Dylan, Emerson.
Lately I've been loving Ashley.
Same here. I recently met a guy named Ashley and it made my day. :D
For me it's hard to determine what I truly would call a gender-neutral name. There are some names more commonly seen on girls that I ardently claim are 100% boy's names, although clearly in use they aren't! My other problem is that I have to like it for both genders, which is even harder!
So I guess I'll go with... Meredith. Although if I can do same sound/different spelling I'd go with Francis/Frances.
So I guess I'll go with... Meredith. Although if I can do same sound/different spelling I'd go with Francis/Frances.
I had no idea Meredith could be a male name. Interesting.
Most of these are not gender neutral names.
Taylor, Riley, and the like- they're only gender neutral because they're surnames taking them out of the legitimate name park anyway.
Taylor, Riley, and the like- they're only gender neutral because they're surnames taking them out of the legitimate name park anyway.
ashley, avery, emery, grey or logan.
Rowan, Sasha, Morgan, and Cameron are names that I a) like a lot, and b) like equally on both genders. Rowan is probably my favorite, but then again it may be disqualified by my slightly preferring it on boys...
I like Cameron and Alex, but overall I am not into gender neutral names
Jordan- but, I like it for a girl
Hayden and Avery. They're the only gender-neutral names I like that I would actually be willing to use on either sex, unlike something like Sage, that I only like on boys, or Cassidy for girls.
Sasha, Sage, Morgan, Avery
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