Unisex Names: Yes? No? Boy? Girl?

Updated Wed Feb 16 2011

Unisex names have been around forever, back to the era when Alice, Anne, Emma and Esmé were boys’ names that morphed over to the girls’ side, and Douglas and Clarence were female names. In the sixties there were Jodys and Jamies of both genders, and now we have a whole new set of names popular for both boys and girls.

Some of the unisex names on both current lists include:

Addison

Aubrey

Avery

Bailey

Finley

Harley

Harper

Hayden

Jayden

Jordan

Logan

London

Marley

Morgan

Peyton

Reese

Riley

Ryan

Skylar

The Question of the Week is: Are any of these gender neutral names among your faves, and if so, would they be used for a girl or a boy?

About the Author

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.

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Find your perfect baby name together in our iPhone app, now available on the App Store.

Swipe through thousands of names with your partner
Names you match on are saved to your shared list
Get personalized recommendations that learn based on your and your partner's preferences
Partner with friends and family to find names you all love
Backed by Nameberry's 20 years of data around name preferences.

The Nameberry App Is Live

Find your perfect baby name together in our iPhone app, now available on the App Store.

Swipe through thousands of names with your partner
Names you match on are saved to your shared list
Get personalized recommendations that learn based on your and your partner's preferences
Partner with friends and family to find names you all love
Backed by Nameberry's 20 years of data around name preferences.