gender neutral names I personally like

Holloway

English surname

"hollow way, sunken path"

Holloway is a habitational surname, meaning if this is a last name on your family tree, your ancestors once lived in an English town by the name. As a first name, it's relatively undiscovered —…

Huck

Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name

Though forever tied to Huck, short for Huckleberry, Finn, this is an undeniably cute short form that may have some life as part of the hipster taste for names like Duke and Bix.

Huckleberry

Word name and literary name

Everybody knows Huckleberry Finn, the Mark Twain character named, Twain said, for the 19th century slang term for "humble." A few modern parents have put it on a birth certificate, including "Man Vs.…

Hux

Short form of Huxley, English

"inhospitable place"

As Huxley and Huck become more popular and accepted, so does Hux, either as a full name or a diminutive.

Ibsen

Danish

"son of Ib"

Ibsen is a literary hero name possibility, after the great Norwegian dramatist, Henrik I. The name Ib is a short form of Jacob, so you might consider Ibsen as an honorific for or a twin of a Jacob.

Ice

English word name

Icy baby names are currently hot, with names like Icelynn, Iceland, and Winter trending up for girls. Rapper Gucci Mane chose simple, streamlined Ice for his son 2020-born son, appropriately a winter…

Ilex

Latin

"holly; holm oak"

The Latin name for the holly (or the holm oak) tree would make an interesting nature-inspired alternative to Alex and Felix.

Illya

Illya is a masculine name with Slavic roots, primarily used in Ukrainian and Russian cultures as a variant of Ilya, which derives from the Hebrew name Elijah, meaning 'Yahweh is God.' The double 'l'…

Ilya

Russian variation of Elijah

"the Lord is my God"

A rare example of an a-ending boy's name that sounds masculine, Ilya has a large measure of creative Slavic charm. >p>Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character in Goncharov's novel "Oblomov."…

Indigo

Greek

"Indian dye"

Indigo is one of the most appealing and evocative of the new generation of color names. Color names have joined flower and jewel names -- in a big way -- and Indigo, a deep blue-purple dye from…

Indra

Sanskrit

"possessing drops of rain"

In the ancient Hindu religion, Indra is the warrior god of sky and rain. The vowel ending could make it sound feminine to the English speaker, though Ezra and Luca work just fine, so why not Indra?

Isak

Isak is a Scandinavian and Eastern European variant of Isaac, a name with ancient Hebrew origins meaning 'he will laugh' or 'he will rejoice.' This spelling is particularly common in Sweden, Norway,…

Island

English word name

This unisex nature name is more common among baby girls due to its similarities to the popular name Isla.