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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's one of those male names that's now almost exclusively used for females. Like Evelyn, Vivian, Beverly, Whitney, etc. Although in Wales I'm sure it's more common on guys.
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Date: 2009-12-11 05:28 am (UTC)Shannon is nice too :)
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Date: 2009-12-11 05:39 am (UTC)for more common gender-neutral name, my favorite is Robin.
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Date: 2009-12-11 06:20 am (UTC)I also like:
Robin
Alexey/Alexis (but the first moreso on boys and the second on girls)
Indigo (guilty pleasure)
Morgan (moreso for boys)
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Date: 2009-12-11 07:14 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2009-12-11 07:20 am (UTC)Other names that are nice even though they are NMS: Cameron, Dylan, Emerson.
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Date: 2009-12-11 10:32 am (UTC)So I guess I'll go with... Meredith. Although if I can do same sound/different spelling I'd go with Francis/Frances.
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Date: 2009-12-11 12:27 pm (UTC)Taylor, Riley, and the like- they're only gender neutral because they're surnames taking them out of the legitimate name park anyway.
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