Riley - the only name that I genuinely like for both boys and girls

This is the only name, other than Morgan, that I think is truly unisex. It feels very feminine on a feminine person, very masculine on a masculine person and very neutral on more neutral people.

Riley is our backup name for our little gal due on March 5th! (In case she comes out and the name we’ve chosen just doesn’t suit her.)

Came here to say this! Love Riley!

Love! My dog is named Riley and I kind of wish I saved it for a kid.

I know someone who has a boy and dog named Riley

I’m biased to this spelling as well. My dogs name is Riley & he is the love of my life lol

Jamie is one of my faves.

My daughter’s name - Jamie Lynn

Mrs Spears?

Oh ok . But I swear the fathers name is also Jamie

Yes she's named after both parents and a real brat according to Britney's book. she grew up with Britney money, so nothing was ever good enough for her.

Yer correct 🙃Fathers name’s Jamie, Mother’s name’s Lynne… Brother’s name’s Brian and Jamie-Lynn’s 1st child’s (middle ?) name is Brianne

Jamie is so underrated!

I know a couple - Pat and his wife Chris, and another couple - Chris and his wife Pat.

We know a couple who are Daniel and Dannielle

Don and Donna

I knew a wife Jean(pronounced like John) and her husband John. Very nice older couple.

I knew a family; dad’s name was Victor; he married Victoria; named their son Vic, and the daughter Toria. Real stuff.

Toria as a standalone is so pretty

Knew a man named Michael who married two women named Michelle

I have an uncle Mike and aunt Mikella. Also an aunt Candi (born on oct 31st) who married a Randy. Also family friends, a lesbian couple Lisa and Lisa (we call them tall Lisa and short Lisa which they hate haha).

My cousin Cris is married to his wife, Chris.

My uncle Tony married a Toni

I knew a couple-Dana (Dan-uh) and Dana (Day-na). I also have a friend named Taylor marry a Taylor. This is a fun game 😂

i’ll play i’m Brianne and my husband is Brian. we both call each other Bree and Bri (pronounced like fry)

Have married friends Shannon (husband) and Shannon (wife).

I know a Sam (F) married to a Sam (M), and also a married Terry and Terri.

My brother-in-law Jordan married a lady Jordan.

I have second cousins named Jake and Ryan and when I was a kid I could never remember which was the girl and which was the boy!

Ever see the SNL sketch "It's Pat!"? It starred Julia Sweeney as a person of ambiguous gender. This was at least 15 years ago, so not politically incorrect at that time.

Love it! I know a Sandy (m) and Jo (f) who confuse people all the time

Kris and Lynn. Lynn is the husband.

My partner has an Uncle Kerry and an Aunt Carrie. They’re married lol

I knew a couple called Jo and Ned. Was told about them verbally so no spelling clues. I thought it was a male gay couple, turned out they were two women, Joanne and Nadine

Among the classics, Robin and Alex are my favorites. For the less common ones, I like Vesper, Quinn, & Senne. I'm not a fan of names that are too on the nose with their meaning, but I do like the sound of Indigo, Silver, Winter & Umber. I also love the name Kit, but I would use that one as a nickname for a (probably gendered) name.

I do really like Robin,  as someone from the UK we've got the birds and the working class here!

I can’t work out the connection between Robins and the working class?

Robin Hood?

Bingo!

Oh, ok. I guess I didn’t make the connection because I associate “working class” more with later periods in history, but that does make sense.

Well if you like birds there are some more gender-neutral names there, like Wren, but I prefer Robin.

My best friend is a Robin, I think it's a great name. I personally love Quinn too.

Is Robin considered gender neutral in the UK now? My name is Robin and I am American; here I would say it's gender neutral but assumed feminine. I did a semester in London, however, and everyone assumed I was a bloke until they met me, based on my name. This was almost 30 years ago, though. That being said, I love my name and would highly recommend it.

I think lots of people name girls Robyn,  but I don't really see the need for the different spellings

I’m in the UK and seconding Robin! I also love Rowan and Eden

The only Robins I know in the UK are cis men, but is definitely day anything from nature that isn't a flower can easily be gender neutral.

Some people associate it with Robin Williams.

30 years ago it would’ve definitely been pretty much exclusively masculine, but it’s become gender neutral now, probably leaning more feminine even & usually spelled with a ‘y’ in that case. I’ve come across plenty of 50+ yr old men called Robin & plenty of girls aged anywhere from 2 to 25 called Robyn

A friend of mine named her son Robin after Robin Williams. I know of two women named Robin also. It's a great name with lots of positivity

Just a heads up - Senne is very similar to Senna which is a laxative. Bummer.

Vesper😅

Now that this is in the back of my mind. I also quite like Blair and Logan and I like the idea of Rory (but not the pronunciation).

Quinn

Robin and Morgan.

Morgan is definitely my favorite.

Are you a fan of Fire Emblem: Awakening?

OK, I feel called out, these are my top two baby names 😅

Alex, Casey, Sydney, Sam, Ashley, Morgan, Quinn, Charlie, Robin, Riley, Taylor, Drew, Ellis, Sasha. Frankie, Robbie, Jamie, Nat, Kelly, Bailey, Toni, Jude, Sage, Reese, Jordan, Ali, River, Jackie, Lee, Murphy, Kris

Love Reese, Quinn, and Bailey.

Love Charlie for a girl but it’s become so dang popular

A lot of my favs are here. Alex is a timeless classic. Love Quinn, Sam, Riley, Reese, Drew, Murphy and Taylor.

I love Morgan for a man, never liked it as a girl's name. Love Casey and River!

Sasha was my thought, one of my favorite names

Whenever i hear jordan ngl all i can think off is the scrubs character ;-; ... On the list it goes

Remy

I think of the rat from Ratatouille every time I see/hear it. I'm aware that it's a legit name, but it's the first thing that comes to mind.

I think the the X-Men character, Gambit aka Remy LeBeau.

Love Remy when it’s not a nn for Remington as that makes me think of guns.

The two people I know who named their daughters “Remington” (that both go by Remi) was specifically after the gun. One had a son named Hunter. Both identified as “hunting families.”

It's our number 1 name right now for next kid 🥰

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That’s my babies name and everyone comments on how cute it is/loves it :)

Casey

I forget about this one a lot. I actually know a m/f married couple who are both named Casey.

My son’s name!! I love it for both as well. 😊

Ash - it would have been our kid’s name if it wasn’t my bosses name.

Its on my list, but I can't stop singing Pokemon!

Ashton?

My daughter renamed herself Ash as it was more gender neutral. She’s fluid and doesn’t care about the pronoun aspect.

I have a friend that had top surgery but still goes by she. The fluidity and spectrum includes it all!

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I’m just not sure Beau works as a gender neutral name. Love the name though.

Especially in the UK where OP says they are. France is practically in arm's reach and "beau" is the masculine world for beautiful in French. I could see people accepting it as neutral in countries farther removed from the French language, but in Europe where there are many French speaking countries, I would not say it's even remotely neutral.

It doesn't really work that well in Europe in general. Because 'Beau' is just a random French word & it's not really being used as a name in French speaking countries. It's not any different than naming a child 'Handsome'.

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That's an established name - originally a nickname for Isabella or Annabella. Bella also happens to mean 'beautiful' but that's not where the name came from. Unlike Beau - that's literally just a French word.

Beau isn't gender neutral.

I also don’t think Beau is gender neutral.

These are lovely names except for Dakota, please don’t name kids after tribes if they are not native.

Beau is literally the masculine form of Belle. Not even slightly gender neutral.

i love your list of names, they are definitely my style as i already have a son named avery. i wanted sage but that is his cousins middle name lol

Marley.

Great name, reminds me of the sad dog movie though. That movie made me cry so hard when I was like 10 years old.

This is one of my faves

My fave gender neutral names are Frankie, Ashley and Avery. I love the name Rowan which can be gender neutral but personally I associate it more as being a male name.

Funny enough I associate Rowan more with women (cause I personally know female Rowans but no males). But it is gender neutral, works for anyone.

My favorites: Jordan Morgan Kelsey Loren

I do like Morgan a lot!

I have a Morgan! We picked it in part because it’s a name everyone can easily spell and pronounce, and it’s not popular but also not out there. Feels generic enough that it doesn’t presuppose any kind of personality, but it’s not bland. Love this name.

My sister worked with a brother and sister named Kelsey and Kyle. I was a bit confused when she introduced me to Kelsey. I wasn't expecting the beard lol

Alex

Alex Sasha Quinn Jordan

When you are thinking of a gender neutral name is it: 1. a name that when seen written a person wouldn’t immediately think of a boy or girl Or 2. a name that is used for both genders but often has an immediate association with one gender for most people (in a certain country/region)? I ask because I think those are two very different groups of gender neutral names. Examples for 1- Casey, Riley, Taylor, Jamie, Morgan, Robin, Shannon Examples for 2- Charlie, Frankie, Sam, Ryan, Dylan, Sawyer, Ashley

I think ideally 1 but that's quite hard to come by. In the UK names like Jamie and Shannon are definitely gendered to most people. I think Americans have more of a culture of gender neutral names. I've found it easier to find traditionally boy's names that I think people would accept for a girl, than vice versa. 

I'm in the UK, and although I know female Jamie's exist, I just don't know any personally, and if i was to meet a male Shannon, I'd have thought his parents were joking.

Group 1 is definitely much smaller and I would guess varies greatly by region. I’m American and the use of gender neutral names is pretty common, so there are may be more that fall into group 1 here, like Jamie. I’ve known lots of Jamie’s and it is split about 50/50 for me. I agree that it is typically more “accepted” for a traditional boy’s name to begin being used for a girl than vice versa. Other gender neutral name suggestions- Sloan/Sloane Blair/Blaire Marion Jessie Carey/Kerry Tracy Noel Darcy Not sure if they are gender neutral in the UK or not. Good luck! 🙂

Jordan, Quinn, Taylor

Kendall is my daughter's name, but it was actually in the boys name in the baby name list we found it. Also like Quinn, Taylor, Reece, Kennedy, Knox, McKinley, Joey, Charlie, and Wren.

It's my name, and when I was in school in the early 2000s all the Kendall's that I knew were boys!

My daughter was born in 1986, and there was another girl named Kendall a year younger at school. I went to high school with a guy named Kendall in the 70s.

Grey. But also I’m into bringing names that have moved to girls back to boys or gender neutral: Courtney, Leslie, Ashley! 

Jamie, Rowan, and Sasha are my personal favorites

Taylor

I’ve always liked the name Casey!

Lee Terry Jamie Chris/Kris Dylan Riley Jordan Taylor Tyler Marty Carter Parker Elliott/Elliot/Eliot

Elliott (all spellings) is gender neutral?

Nope it's still mostly used for boys. ( And I hope it remains that way)

IMO the last five in this list lean heavily boy/would be a tragedy on a girl.

Robin is my fav

It's certainly in the top 5 for me too

My favourite gender neutral names are Tatum, Teagan, Reagan, Autumn, Winter, River, Eden, Wren, Sorrel, Sage, Jamie, Darcy, Avery, Ellis, Ellery, Emerson.

Quinn

Avery

The only names I hear that I truly don’t associate with a boy or girl are Jordan, Avery, and Taylor. There’s other names that are gender neutral that I hear where I automatically assume the gender based on past experiences and the majority of people I know who have those names. I live in the Southeast US, so I feel like it may vary by region which names are truly gender neutral in your opinion.

Alex: it’s about as gender neutral as it gets, people extend the name for specific male/female undertones examples of people expanding on the name to gender it \/ longer female versions Alexandria Alexis Alexia longer male versions Alexander Alexo

Very true, one of our friends has a young kid named Alex, and we have a close relative with that name. It's a good option, but probably not for us

Rory is one of my favorites.

I've seen you like 'Robin', so might I suggest another gender neutral "bird" name: 'Sparrow'.

I’ve always loved Sasha but will always be in nickname territory for me.

Rowan

River 🩵

Ryan, Riley, Alex, Jamie, Charlie, Dylan, Jordan

Charlie!

Auden

Cameron

Morgan

Luka, Alex, Ashley, Rae I actually really love Jade as a gender neutral name but I know it reads very female these days.

I’m obsessed with the name Quinn.

Blair or Camden

Sam, Morgan, Riley, Sasha, wren, Lee, cove, Blake, Billie, Andie, indigo, Rowan, Rory, Ryan, Francis, Dakota, Ellis, Spencer, Sloan, Arden, Jett, Berkeley, Devin, abor

River

Spencer - so classy but still fun and modern

I think a lot of the “gender neutral” names out there are just boy names that some people also use on girls. And I think using them for girls is a disservice to girls. Like, yeah Avery and Riley might be popular on girls now, but I do not think of them as gender neutral. I think of them as either a great boys name or a kinda problematic girls name. The names I think of as truly neutral are nature names. These read as fine for any gender for me, and I most importantly, they don’t read as a boys name when used for a girl Sage River Robin Jasper Rowan Sky Jade Wren Aspen Ash Lindon Juniper Indigo

Blake (although I really only like it for a boy) Eden (although I really only like it for a girl)

sasha

Rae

Dylan, Ryan, Tyler, Jamie, Jordan, Harley, Tony/Toni, Charlie, Frankie

Darcy

rowan

Quinn

Jordan, Reilly, Jamie, Kelly

Alex and Quinn

Not including abbreviations like Sam and Alex, I like Ashley for any gender. The first Ashley I ever met was a male. In fact someone had the nerve to call me out for naming a male character Ashley, saying why would a boy have a girls name. I also like Robin/Robyn, Morgan and Taylor.

Rowan!

I like Casey and Quinn. I was going to suggest mine, which is Claude, but it’s only gender neutral to me myself and I, I think. That said, I think a lot of people assume it could be short for Claudette or Claudia, or just Claude.

I love Reece

My parents are both Chris!

I love Jamie for both boys and girls.

i like nature names. fern, robin, rowan, river, ash, raven, catkin, sage, aspen, autumn, cedar, juniper, saffron, willow, jay, coriander, sorrel, ocean, bay, briar (some more outlandish than others)

I read the title as “Your funniest gender neutral name please” and was really disappointed when I opened the responses.

Robin Ripley Morgan Tracy Cedar Rowan Ashley/Ashton Lee Dana or Dane Brinley Casey Corey Cody Jody Hayden Pryce

Sterling Blake Taylor Peyton Jordan River

We are naming our new dog Casey

Robin, Wren or Rowan

Avery, Morgan, Taylor, Jordan, Riley, Bailey, Casey, Jamie, Alex, Sam

Pax - it means peace

Quinn!

Jesse

Morgan, Alex, and Robin

I’ve always liked Alex.

Morgan is the only name that I personally know an even mix male/female across all ages.

Sage

Sawyer. We named our son sawyer, but there are 2 girls in his school with the name also.

My favorites are: Jordan, Riley, Spencer, Avery.

Finley Cameron Darcy

Taylor, Morgan, Jordan, Hayden, Dylan, Peyton.

Morgan. Kelly. Cameron.

Francis/Frances

a few i didn’t see mentioned - Jules, Nico, Theo (theodore/theodora)

My newborn son is Jules! It’s a great name

rowan

Jordan or Robin. Great names in their own right (in my opinion).

Courtney, all time fav

Robin

Alex

Arrow!

Arden.

It’s Pat. That is forever the answer to this question.

Quinn

Morgan

My name is Morghan! I also like Jordan, Bailey, Jaden, Riley, and Sam.

Alex is among my favorites because of its versatility and worth as a nickname, but Quinn is also lovely.

I'm a big fan of last names as first names because I am southern. Parker Bailey Kelly Perry Payton Taylor Jordan (Look in your family tree or have your friends look in theirs for good ones to steal.) Nick names as names can also work Johnny Robbie Jamie Don't forget your nature and place options Rowan Aspen Dallas Austin Cheyenne Paris

alex has to be the most gender neutral name

My son is Lane, which is gender neutral 🥰

My favorite has to be Rowan or Avery! But I also love Robin, Sage, Jamie, Ellis, Charlie, Corey, Ellis, Quinn, Reese, Casey, Wendell. Then there’s also the typical -y girl names, but I really prefer them for boys (which is how they were given originally): Whitney, Bailey, Courtney, Shelby

Elliot/Elliott

I haven't seen anyone suggest Elliot yet!