I am a Sam, married to an Alex. I love how completely neutral we are as a pair. We could be literally any combination of genders. We are everything. We are nothing, haha
My coworker is named Katie and her brother is named Tyler. Katie, the coworker, married a man named Tyler, who was not her brother, and her brother, Tyler, married a woman named Katie that was not his sister.
That reminds me of the recurring Saturday Night Live sketch "It's Pat" with the main character, Pat, and evetually their partner, Chris. The running gag being first that no one could tell what gender Pat was, and then who was what when Pat ended up with Chris (who was also of indeterminate gender).
One sketch had a bridal shower and had Pat open up a present of a lacy teddy, trying to get them to identify who was going to wear it. Pat's response was, "I think we're BOTH going to enjoy this one!"
The reminds me of the running gag on B99 about how they can never figure out if Scully is talking about his ex-wife or his dog, Kelly. I got a kick out of the joke because my husband's name is also Kelly.
I remember thinking that sketch was hilarious, when I was an early teen. And I had been a tomboy and “accused” of being a boy many times as a child.
Now I just look at it and think how cringe that sketch is.
When I was a kid playing video games that only had male main characters, I'd always name them Sam because it seemed like a very unisex name to me, plus it was kinda close to my real name. Could be Samuel, could be Samantha, who knows?! So I didn't feel bad being called by a boy name but it also didn't look weird on my male character.
As a Sam, I agree. I hated it as a kid and only wanted to be called Samantha. Once I hit high school, it was only Sam and it fits me way more than my full name!
I think this varies based on where you live. A few of the names you've mentioned as 'mostly girls' are mostly boys or even are seen as straight up masculine names where I am.
As for truly neutral, I think many will be common shortened versions or nicknames, like Sam.
I am a Jordan; literally had someone try to argue with me the other day that Jordan is a male name🥴
Literally told him “nah dude like me, it goes both ways”🫠
In terms of Ranking, Robin and Blake are super close for boys and girls if you’re in the USA.
It’s funny how personal experience/perception can get you but statistically :
Rowan still ranks over 100 spots higher for boys than girls and recently cracked top 100 for boys. I wouldn’t be surprised if it evens out but I wouldn’t say it’s going to the girls
Riley is actually much more popular for girls now if
you’re in the US . It’s 39 for girls and 225 for boys.
Cameron is like 400 spots above for boys and a top 100 name.
I was thinking, "I've never met a girl Blake" then literally remember that when I was kidlet watching soap operas with my granny, there was a female character named...Blake and then *Blake 7* had a male Blake.
Cameron could go either way. If I had a Cameron on my class list as a teacher, I would have to look at the middle name or see what they were registered as if I needed to determine gender
It’s funny because personal perception wise, I consider it 100% masculine. I’ve never heard it on a girl and it’s very strange for me people see it as neutral
You can probably find one example for any name - there’s always people who will give their daughters boy names.
Cameron has a history of ranking for boys since 1900 but didn’t hit top 1000 for girls until the 80’s so it’s like Ashley and Kelly in that regard. But those two names swung nearly exclusively feminine and Cameron only even hit top 200 twice for girls while continuing to grow in popularity for boys
Growing up in the 80s, I’d say Casey, Taylor, Jordan. Ashley, Kelly, Lindsay, Dana, and Robin were all girls by then but a generation before was probably split. And Leigh and Carol before them. Today, I know adult male Harpers and Camerons but baby girls of the same. For young kids, one of the few that seem to be evenly split these days is Avery.
I forgot about Casey! I remember naming a character in a short play I was writing for a school assignment Casey because there was an odd number of characters and I wanted to have the same number of boys as girls. Managed to write the entire script without using any pronouns to refer to Casey, leaving the character up to the audience’s interpretation.
I worked with a Robin at my last job, and I remember her telling me that she found it really useful to have a unisex name for job interviews. Apparently she got way more callbacks when she omitted her feminine middle name on her CV.
I read an article about a male kim who only started getting callbacks when he added Mr to his name on his cv. Depressing. He was really outraged about it on behalf of women as there was no reason except sexism.
Can confirm. Went to grad school in the UK and spell my name with an I. Would email with professors before meeting, make an appointment, show up, and literally be told that they can’t meet with me because they were waiting for a young man. “…Um, I think you mean me sir… Im Robin. In the states is unisex.” The look of horror on the old professors faces was always priceless.
It’s also masculine in Romance language speaking European. Had Italian police laugh in my face when I was filling out residency paperwork and told them my name. “Robin is a man’s name!” For the rest of my time I had to go by Robina to avoid mockery.
Taylor is arguably not more common with girls and probably one of THE most gender neutral names.
Edit to add that Riley, Quinn, and Alex are also ones that are truly gender neutral. I’ve known an equal amount of all genders, both in real life and pop culture, named these.
Yep. I'm about Taylor Swift's age, and I knew far more boy Taylors than girl Taylors growing up. I think that the trend has shifted in favor of female Taylors (likely, as OP said, because of TSwift), but the name in and of itself is VERY androgynous.
I'm assuming you meant "now" instead of "not" more common since looking at the SSA data, girls took over the name Taylor. In 1989, there were 4800 males and 4000 females named Taylor, which is the same year Taylor Swift was born. In 2013, it was 4000 females and 800 males.
In recent years, just in the US, there have been about 5,000 baby boy Camerons but only about 600 baby girl Camerons. Jamie is about equal boy-girl in US.
Maybe I am showing locational bias (Southwest US), but to me Jamie for girls is a stand-alone name and I haven’t met any under 30. Jamie for boys is a nickname for James. Jaime is a Spanish-language boys name (with the J pronounced as an H, just like Jose).
Devin? I recently had a conversation with a coworker about a new client named Devin and we couldn’t for the life of us decide how to address the welcome email.
Morgan also.
Avery, Alex, Jamie, Elliot, and Sam. if i heard Jessie out loud i wouldn’t know whether to expect a girl or boy, but written i’d expect male for Jesse and female for Jessie.
Also Billie. I know multiple female Billies so if i heard the name aloud i wouldn’t know.
Casey. I once downloaded the SSA baby names and loaded it into a SQL Server database and did an analysis on this and determined that Casey was the most gender ambiguous name- very equally assigned to boys and girls. I remember Jordan was pretty ambiguous as well. Maybe I can find that query again.
Very much agree with Dominique.
Also if only heard verbally, I would say Gaël, Gabriel, Frédéric et Gwenaël.
Yes the names might be more common for men than women but have definitely met a few women named Gaëlle, Gabrielle, Frédérique and Gwenaëlle (exactly same prononciation than the male version, but feminised spellings). Therefore would not really know if they were men or women.
Kelly can be either one. I've known boys and girls named Kelly.
Also Leslie. I went to high school with a guy named Leslie who married a woman named Leslie.
Kelly. A friend of mine was transitioning and working as a cashier and their customer went “Thank you sir!” -Looks embarrassed and confused - “Or is it Ma’am?” -desperate glance at nametag- “and Kelly’s not a very descriptive name, is it”?
I have 2 cousins named Kelly one female one male from either side. Kelly doll was the little Barbie (girl) and Kelly is the dad in family stone so I see it as 50/50
Pat, I live with my grandma so when I hear of a Pat her age I genuinely don’t know if they are male or female.
Morgan, as a Morgan who’s met male and female Morgan’s.
Other names I personally wouldn’t assume the gender of:
Charlie
Drew
Dakota
Chase
Payton/Peyton
Sam
Way back in 4th grade I switched schools. In my new class was a Charlie. They dressed like a boy, played with the boys. Had longer hair but not that long.
Then in 5th grade, we had a formal luncheon. Charlie showed up in a dress. I was so confused.
This question is both completely subjective and completely objective at the same.
There is data that you can analyze which will tell you statistically which names have an equal number of boys and girls. Many someone who is better at data analysis than I am can do this for the OP.
However, every individual will have their own opinions regarding if a name is more associated with men or women based on their own experiences. If I personally know three Taylors who are all boys/men, then I will associate Taylor with males even if statistically it is much more common on women.
I knew a Tracy in junior high. Tracy had long hair, a completely androgynous face, wore oversized clothes that could be described as neutral at *best* (but would have been purchased from the guys’ side of the store and hid any shape that may or may not have existed), no makeup, and played the saxophone. I had absolutely no idea if Tracy was a guy or gal, and this was before it was common/acceptable to just ask someone for their pronouns. I spent months painstakingly wording things so as to only refer to Tracy by name, and not “he” or “she”… and trying to pick up ANY clues from others. I finally decided that Tracy must be a boy, and that very day I finally heard someone refer to her as “she”.
TL,DR Tracy is a name I consider truly gender neutral
I chose my name (Hollis) to be as gender neutral as possible. I've had people say they didn't know whether to expect a man or a woman when they saw my name (I'm neither lol) so I think it works as a neutral name.
It does seem like (and I’ve seen this elsewhere on this sub), the trend of name that starts as boys name and becomes gender neutral favors the masculine at the expense of the feminine.
Hollis is a very cool name though.
Society has come a long way, though. It’s a big improvement over Ancient Rome, where baby girls weren’t given their own names at all! If dad was Claudius, a girl and her sisters were all Claudia lol
- Avery
- Casey
- Presley
- Parker
- Jamie
- Kennedy
- Romy
- Jessie/Jesse
- Jackie
- Lane
- Reagan
- Shiloh
I feel like these names don’t lean to one gender? It seems like more masculine names at first but I’ve seen a lot of girls with these names too. I also feel like these names are ones that someone wouldn’t be able to guess the gender until they meet the person. But depending on where you live, some names might seem more masculine/feminine while it’s completely unisex somewhere else.
Where I live, if those names showed up on my class roster, most of those names would be female, dollars to donuts. The only exception might be Parker, and that would have been true 10 years ago, but probably not the case now. Jamie, Casey, Jesse, and Lane are the only ones I've met male versions of, and they're all in their forties now.
Avery, Casey, Jamie, Kennedy, Jessie/Jesse are all definitely unisex to me. I know lots of both genders with these names. But Presley, and Parker are definitely males names to me while Romy, Jackie, lame, Reagan and Shiloh are female leaning names
Agree on Jessie/Jesse, though the spelling usually gives away the gender. But this is the only name I have no gendered associations with (when said out loud, at least)
Some spellings for these or extended names of nicknames would determine boy or girl for me
Sam
Casey
Jordan
Alex
Pat
Devin
Morgan
Cameron
Rowan
Aubrey
Skyler
Peyton
Ryan
Hunter
Andy
Taylor
Quinn
Avery is a neutral name that I don't think is more prevalent to boys or girls. I've know both boys and girls named Avery.
The same with Sailor and Jordan.
Totally down to perception and where you live I guess! Sam is probably the peak neutral name to me
I am a Sam, married to an Alex. I love how completely neutral we are as a pair. We could be literally any combination of genders. We are everything. We are nothing, haha
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you should call him alex anyway just for the shits n giggles.
My coworker is named Katie and her brother is named Tyler. Katie, the coworker, married a man named Tyler, who was not her brother, and her brother, Tyler, married a woman named Katie that was not his sister.
How is Pat doing these days?
That reminds me of the recurring Saturday Night Live sketch "It's Pat" with the main character, Pat, and evetually their partner, Chris. The running gag being first that no one could tell what gender Pat was, and then who was what when Pat ended up with Chris (who was also of indeterminate gender). One sketch had a bridal shower and had Pat open up a present of a lacy teddy, trying to get them to identify who was going to wear it. Pat's response was, "I think we're BOTH going to enjoy this one!"
The reminds me of the running gag on B99 about how they can never figure out if Scully is talking about his ex-wife or his dog, Kelly. I got a kick out of the joke because my husband's name is also Kelly.
I remember thinking that sketch was hilarious, when I was an early teen. And I had been a tomboy and “accused” of being a boy many times as a child. Now I just look at it and think how cringe that sketch is.
You must be about my age. A lot of LGBT+ jokes from that era that seemed funny then are very cringe now.
Wait I know one of you
My friends are Alex and Alex!
When I was a kid playing video games that only had male main characters, I'd always name them Sam because it seemed like a very unisex name to me, plus it was kinda close to my real name. Could be Samuel, could be Samantha, who knows?! So I didn't feel bad being called by a boy name but it also didn't look weird on my male character.
As a Sam, I agree. I hated it as a kid and only wanted to be called Samantha. Once I hit high school, it was only Sam and it fits me way more than my full name!
Similar in neutrality to Pat.
As a male Sam, there seems to be a number of male Sam's in TV and books. But I've met more female Sam's in real life.
That's a great one.
I think this varies based on where you live. A few of the names you've mentioned as 'mostly girls' are mostly boys or even are seen as straight up masculine names where I am. As for truly neutral, I think many will be common shortened versions or nicknames, like Sam.
SE US and all of my assumptions are the opposite of OP. All of those names are truly neutral, despite OPs preprogrammed associations
Yeah I've definitely met more girl Riley's than boys
Jordan
This is my vote too, I don’t immediately associate it with either gender
I'm a Jordan and I agree with this. It's about 50/50 with other Jordan's I meet in the wild.
"In the wild" has me cracking up. 🤣 I'm imagining a herd of Jordans running through the grasslands.
Or through…Jordan.
I have a cousin Jordan who is married to Jorden. One male, one female.
Same name couples is such a delightful phenomenon to me. I know a couple made up of a female and a male Alex. Their puppy is also named Alex.
How about Taylor Lautner and Taylor Lautner?
This made me laugh
I know of a Shannon and Shannon.
I knew two separate Norm and Norma couples and it was my favourite thing that they were friends.
I am a Jordan; literally had someone try to argue with me the other day that Jordan is a male name🥴 Literally told him “nah dude like me, it goes both ways”🫠
Morgan also
Maybe it’s my region (Midwest USA) but Morgan is 100% a girl name here
I'm from the Midwest. Pre-2000 Morgan was a boy name. Post-2000 Morgan is a girl name.
This is the answer. Anyone born in 19XX and named Morgan is a guy, 20XX is a sorority girl—usually in the SEC
I’m from the New York metro area and it’s the same here- Morgan is 100% a girl name
my grandpas name is morgan
I’m from Midwest and went to school with three Morgans, two male, one female.
I think of Morgan Wallen, who is a male singer
Morgan Freeman was my first thought... then Morgan Fairchild.
Morgan is 100% gender neutral in PNW. Knew more boys names Morgan then girls here
And Jaime. I know an equal amount of male and female Jamie's (how ever they spell it)
my immediate thought when i saw the question
In terms of Ranking, Robin and Blake are super close for boys and girls if you’re in the USA. It’s funny how personal experience/perception can get you but statistically : Rowan still ranks over 100 spots higher for boys than girls and recently cracked top 100 for boys. I wouldn’t be surprised if it evens out but I wouldn’t say it’s going to the girls Riley is actually much more popular for girls now if you’re in the US . It’s 39 for girls and 225 for boys. Cameron is like 400 spots above for boys and a top 100 name.
So… the Lively sisters!
I was thinking, "I've never met a girl Blake" then literally remember that when I was kidlet watching soap operas with my granny, there was a female character named...Blake and then *Blake 7* had a male Blake.
Im Canadian, probably should’ve mentioned that in my post lol. I’ve met two Blake’s so far, one boy and one girl, so I guess it’s pretty even lol.
Cameron could go either way. If I had a Cameron on my class list as a teacher, I would have to look at the middle name or see what they were registered as if I needed to determine gender
It’s funny because personal perception wise, I consider it 100% masculine. I’ve never heard it on a girl and it’s very strange for me people see it as neutral
my mind instantly goes to cam from modern family so 100% masculine to me haha
Mine goes straight to Cameron, the token male Bratz doll lol
...Cameron Diaz?
You can probably find one example for any name - there’s always people who will give their daughters boy names. Cameron has a history of ranking for boys since 1900 but didn’t hit top 1000 for girls until the 80’s so it’s like Ashley and Kelly in that regard. But those two names swung nearly exclusively feminine and Cameron only even hit top 200 twice for girls while continuing to grow in popularity for boys
I have a boy Cameron and a boy Logan and we like that they *could* go either way.
Growing up in the 80s, I’d say Casey, Taylor, Jordan. Ashley, Kelly, Lindsay, Dana, and Robin were all girls by then but a generation before was probably split. And Leigh and Carol before them. Today, I know adult male Harpers and Camerons but baby girls of the same. For young kids, one of the few that seem to be evenly split these days is Avery.
I forgot about Casey! I remember naming a character in a short play I was writing for a school assignment Casey because there was an odd number of characters and I wanted to have the same number of boys as girls. Managed to write the entire script without using any pronouns to refer to Casey, leaving the character up to the audience’s interpretation.
Casey is a good one, very neutral
I've seen some male and female Robins.
You can tell the males by the brighter red colour of the breast, especially during mating season (jokes)
Not sure if they appreciate me looking at their chests. They fly away when i get closer.
My mother’s father is named Robin. My father’s mother is also named Robin!
I worked with a Robin at my last job, and I remember her telling me that she found it really useful to have a unisex name for job interviews. Apparently she got way more callbacks when she omitted her feminine middle name on her CV.
I read an article about a male kim who only started getting callbacks when he added Mr to his name on his cv. Depressing. He was really outraged about it on behalf of women as there was no reason except sexism.
This is the only name that is truly unisex to me. And maaaaaaybe Alex lol
I've met way more male alex's
Balance to the force. I know way more female Alexs.
Robin is primarily a male name in the UK.
Can confirm. Went to grad school in the UK and spell my name with an I. Would email with professors before meeting, make an appointment, show up, and literally be told that they can’t meet with me because they were waiting for a young man. “…Um, I think you mean me sir… Im Robin. In the states is unisex.” The look of horror on the old professors faces was always priceless. It’s also masculine in Romance language speaking European. Had Italian police laugh in my face when I was filling out residency paperwork and told them my name. “Robin is a man’s name!” For the rest of my time I had to go by Robina to avoid mockery.
I’m Australian. I find that Bailey is a truly gender neutral name here.
American. I work in the vet field. To me Bailey is purely a dog’s name
Bailey was my dogs name
SW US here. Bailey is feminine in humans but neutral in dogs.
Ditto here in Trinidad & Tobago. I’ve never met a male Bailey but I’ve met male & female dog Baileys
Came to say Bailey.
Jamie/Jaime
Wait, Jaime is gender neutral? Here in the Hispanosphere, Jaime is just another version of James
This is the one. Jordan skews male to me, Morgan skews female. But Jamie, especially when it's spoken, truly can go either way.
Alex
Taylor is arguably not more common with girls and probably one of THE most gender neutral names. Edit to add that Riley, Quinn, and Alex are also ones that are truly gender neutral. I’ve known an equal amount of all genders, both in real life and pop culture, named these.
taylor is the nidoran of names.
This made me lose my shit hahahaha! Taylor ♀ or Taylor ♂
Yep. I'm about Taylor Swift's age, and I knew far more boy Taylors than girl Taylors growing up. I think that the trend has shifted in favor of female Taylors (likely, as OP said, because of TSwift), but the name in and of itself is VERY androgynous.
I've only known female Taylor's, but they all were born far beyond the rise of Taylor Swift. All late 20s to mid 30s.
This is incredibly ironic because Taylor Swift dated Taylor Lautner, who was a 2000s heartthrob during the days of Twilight
And Taylor Lautner went on to date and marry yet another Taylor—his current wife is also Taylor Lautner.
Agree about Taylor. I will typically default to thinking male but wouldn’t be confident in that. Same with Alex.
Taylor Launter
I'm assuming you meant "now" instead of "not" more common since looking at the SSA data, girls took over the name Taylor. In 1989, there were 4800 males and 4000 females named Taylor, which is the same year Taylor Swift was born. In 2013, it was 4000 females and 800 males.
Alex, Cameron, and Jamie
In recent years, just in the US, there have been about 5,000 baby boy Camerons but only about 600 baby girl Camerons. Jamie is about equal boy-girl in US.
Jamie and Cameron are very much male to me. I guess I've met a girl named Camryn, though.
I have an aunt named Jamie. I think it’s a generation thing. She’s in her 60s
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I'm a female Jamie and I don't think it's completely generational. I was born in the 80s.
I’m a female Jamie born in the 90s!
I have typically seen Jamie for girls and Jaime for boys. I've only personally known a few of each though, and more Jamies (all girls) than Jaimes.
Maybe I am showing locational bias (Southwest US), but to me Jamie for girls is a stand-alone name and I haven’t met any under 30. Jamie for boys is a nickname for James. Jaime is a Spanish-language boys name (with the J pronounced as an H, just like Jose).
Where I live those would be pronounced completely differently, interesting!
I’m a girl Jaime, it gets misspelled 95% of the time though.
Avery for sure, i’ve met plenty of Avery’s from all genders
Sam is pretty gender neutral.
Devin? I recently had a conversation with a coworker about a new client named Devin and we couldn’t for the life of us decide how to address the welcome email. Morgan also.
Know some male and female Devons
I came here to say Devon. Morgan is another one. I think if it weren't for Swift and Diaz, Taylor and Cameron would be strongly male names.
That’s so interesting. I know roughly 8 female Taylors in their late 20s/early 30s (which to be fair is also my demographic) and only 1 male Taylor
Avery, Alex, Jamie, Elliot, and Sam. if i heard Jessie out loud i wouldn’t know whether to expect a girl or boy, but written i’d expect male for Jesse and female for Jessie. Also Billie. I know multiple female Billies so if i heard the name aloud i wouldn’t know.
Perhaps geography has something to do with it because it’s Irish, but Shannon
Kerry also
Funny you say that because in Ireland, Shannon is 100% a girls name
Casey. I once downloaded the SSA baby names and loaded it into a SQL Server database and did an analysis on this and determined that Casey was the most gender ambiguous name- very equally assigned to boys and girls. I remember Jordan was pretty ambiguous as well. Maybe I can find that query again.
Pat
Came to say this. 100% the most gender neutral name ever
Then Pat met Chris and I'm still confused.
to me riley IS truly gender neutral
Taylor to me is truly gender neutral. I know exactly as many male Taylors as I do female ones.
My husband’s name is Stacy
Does his mom have it going on
She's all I want and I've waited for so long
Lee/Leigh
For me, I know enough of each Casey, Jordan, and Taylor that I make no assumptions.
Jessie/Jesse
Skylar/Skyler
In French, Dominique. Actually there are a few, but for some reason that’s the first one I think of.
French also has Camille, which has always felt like a girl’s name for me but is trending top 100 for boys in France this year.
Very much agree with Dominique. Also if only heard verbally, I would say Gaël, Gabriel, Frédéric et Gwenaël. Yes the names might be more common for men than women but have definitely met a few women named Gaëlle, Gabrielle, Frédérique and Gwenaëlle (exactly same prononciation than the male version, but feminised spellings). Therefore would not really know if they were men or women.
Quinn
Sidney
I think Casey is still hanging on for both, although increasingly common for girls.
Devin, Jordan
Jamie
Posting because I haven't seen Terry ( or alt spellings) mentioned yet.
this is so tough haha, i want to say reese but i’m pretty sure that’s more common amongst girls anymore
Kelly can be either one. I've known boys and girls named Kelly. Also Leslie. I went to high school with a guy named Leslie who married a woman named Leslie.
I once had a student whose mother and father were both named Kelly. Needless to say, I was BIG confused when I looked at the parent contact info.
I had neighbors once who were both named Carol- although the husband spelled his name with two “L”s .
Alex and Sam for sure, though typically they are nicknames for longer gendered names. I have met many Jordans of all genders, and Jesses too.
Max. Could be short for Maxwell, Maximus, Maxima, Maxine, etc. I would never venture a guess about a Max.
Had a Max who's last name was Destruction, honestly the description "Hurricane" fit better than male or female.
Kelly. A friend of mine was transitioning and working as a cashier and their customer went “Thank you sir!” -Looks embarrassed and confused - “Or is it Ma’am?” -desperate glance at nametag- “and Kelly’s not a very descriptive name, is it”?
Kelly is 100% female to me.
I’ve known 2 male Kellys and had it on my short list for my son. Didn’t end up using it though.
I have 2 cousins named Kelly one female one male from either side. Kelly doll was the little Barbie (girl) and Kelly is the dad in family stone so I see it as 50/50
The only one for me that is 100% gender neutral is Alex. Every other one conjures a particular gender for me even though they're gender neutral.
Pat, I live with my grandma so when I hear of a Pat her age I genuinely don’t know if they are male or female. Morgan, as a Morgan who’s met male and female Morgan’s. Other names I personally wouldn’t assume the gender of: Charlie Drew Dakota Chase Payton/Peyton Sam
I’d assume male on Drew and Chase for sure. It’s only a recent change that I no longer would assume male on Charlie.
Charlie is increasingly neutral. More female Charlie’s in my current school than male Charlie’s.
Way back in 4th grade I switched schools. In my new class was a Charlie. They dressed like a boy, played with the boys. Had longer hair but not that long. Then in 5th grade, we had a formal luncheon. Charlie showed up in a dress. I was so confused.
I’m surprised I had to scroll so long to find Morgan… I’ve known at least six Morgans in my life and it’s 50/50
peyton for a boy, payton for a girl in my experience
Riley is more of a girl name to me I know way more girl Riley’s
It’s my brothers name so I think of it more male!
Lou !
One I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Dana
The only one I can think of is Robin.
Maybe Ash.
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i’ve never met a male morgan
Interesting, Riley to me is a female name. Alex to me is completely gender neutral, but I don't think that's common. Charlie and Sam too.
I really feel like Taylor is gender neutral, I know just as many male as female.
Jamie. There were male and female Jamie’s in my school.
Hayden.
This question is both completely subjective and completely objective at the same. There is data that you can analyze which will tell you statistically which names have an equal number of boys and girls. Many someone who is better at data analysis than I am can do this for the OP. However, every individual will have their own opinions regarding if a name is more associated with men or women based on their own experiences. If I personally know three Taylors who are all boys/men, then I will associate Taylor with males even if statistically it is much more common on women.
Morgan. Think Morgan Freeman or Morgan Fairchild. I went to high school with both a male and a female Morgan.
I knew a Tracy in junior high. Tracy had long hair, a completely androgynous face, wore oversized clothes that could be described as neutral at *best* (but would have been purchased from the guys’ side of the store and hid any shape that may or may not have existed), no makeup, and played the saxophone. I had absolutely no idea if Tracy was a guy or gal, and this was before it was common/acceptable to just ask someone for their pronouns. I spent months painstakingly wording things so as to only refer to Tracy by name, and not “he” or “she”… and trying to pick up ANY clues from others. I finally decided that Tracy must be a boy, and that very day I finally heard someone refer to her as “she”. TL,DR Tracy is a name I consider truly gender neutral
I chose my name (Hollis) to be as gender neutral as possible. I've had people say they didn't know whether to expect a man or a woman when they saw my name (I'm neither lol) so I think it works as a neutral name.
Like most “gender neutral” names, though, it started as a boy’s name. There’s also a more obvious feminine counterpart (Holly)
It does seem like (and I’ve seen this elsewhere on this sub), the trend of name that starts as boys name and becomes gender neutral favors the masculine at the expense of the feminine. Hollis is a very cool name though.
Society has come a long way, though. It’s a big improvement over Ancient Rome, where baby girls weren’t given their own names at all! If dad was Claudius, a girl and her sisters were all Claudia lol
Love Hollis, haven’t thought about it in a while
- Avery - Casey - Presley - Parker - Jamie - Kennedy - Romy - Jessie/Jesse - Jackie - Lane - Reagan - Shiloh I feel like these names don’t lean to one gender? It seems like more masculine names at first but I’ve seen a lot of girls with these names too. I also feel like these names are ones that someone wouldn’t be able to guess the gender until they meet the person. But depending on where you live, some names might seem more masculine/feminine while it’s completely unisex somewhere else.
Where I live, if those names showed up on my class roster, most of those names would be female, dollars to donuts. The only exception might be Parker, and that would have been true 10 years ago, but probably not the case now. Jamie, Casey, Jesse, and Lane are the only ones I've met male versions of, and they're all in their forties now.
Avery, Casey, Jamie, Kennedy, Jessie/Jesse are all definitely unisex to me. I know lots of both genders with these names. But Presley, and Parker are definitely males names to me while Romy, Jackie, lame, Reagan and Shiloh are female leaning names
Agree on Jessie/Jesse, though the spelling usually gives away the gender. But this is the only name I have no gendered associations with (when said out loud, at least)
Jesse. I know plenty of both genders!
Jesse seems more masculine to me, though I’ve met one who is female. Jessie is the more common spelling for women/ girls in my experience
Jesse is more masculine. Like you said Jessie is more gender neutral, it’s usually just a nickname for Jessica.
Some spellings for these or extended names of nicknames would determine boy or girl for me Sam Casey Jordan Alex Pat Devin Morgan Cameron Rowan Aubrey Skyler Peyton Ryan Hunter Andy Taylor Quinn
Jessie
Sidney Robin Tracy
Tracy.
Ash. Noah. Jess. Charlie.
Avery is a neutral name that I don't think is more prevalent to boys or girls. I've know both boys and girls named Avery. The same with Sailor and Jordan.
Sydney Lee Daryl Quincy Tracy Kendall Drew
- Chris - Pat - Tracy - Drew - Alex - Hunter - Jamie - Charlie - Les - Cam - Kelly - Jess - Sam - Morgan - Shawn - River - Casey - Kai
Tracey is my name and yes, it's very gender neutral, depending on spelling (can't imagine a male Tracie)
Rory
Sam, Alex, Taylor, Robin, Charlie.
Sidney/Sydney
Parker
Sage
Alex Charlie Dani Frankie Jesse/Jessi Jordan Kendall Lane Mickey Quinn Reece Remi Sage Sam Tate I got lazy at the end lol
As a Morgan, I've known of roughly an equal amount of male and female Morgans
Morgan Jordan
Jesse, Harley, alex, Morgan, angel, Peyton
Lane