Modern Unisex Names

Names that did not exist, or barely existed, before the twentieth century. Many are respellings, surnames or coinages, and their histories are shorter and better documented than anything older.

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2,650 names, most popular first in the United States

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Avery Avery is a name of English origin meaning "elf counsel," derived from the Norman French form of the Germanic name Alberich.
English #37 in US
Riley Riley is a name with two origins that converged. The Irish line comes from Ó Raghallaigh, an Anglicized surname, while the English line names a place meaning "rye clearing," from the Old English ryge and leah.
Irish #48 in US
Rowan Rowan is a name with two origins. The Irish line comes from Ó Ruadháin, from ruadh meaning red, giving "little red-haired one."
Irish #59 in US
River River is a name taken from the English word, which comes through Anglo-Norman from the Latin riparius, meaning "of the riverbank."
English #111 in US
Sawyer Sawyer is a name of English origin meaning "one who saws wood."
English #122 in US
Emerson Emerson is a name of English origin meaning "son of Emery."
English #122 in US
Remi Remi is a name of Latin origin meaning "oarsman."
Latin #145 in US
Sage Sage is a name of Latin origin meaning "wise."
Latin #160 in US
Hayden Hayden is a name of Old English origin meaning "hay valley" or "hedged hill."
English #161 in US
Sutton Sutton is a name of Old English origin meaning "southern settlement."
English #181 in US
Amari Amari is a name with several competing origins: the Yoruba for "strength," the Arabic ʿāmir meaning "prosperous," and the Hebrew amar, "to say" — and reference works disagree because all three are genuine.
Disputed #185 in US
Peyton Peyton is a name of Old English origin meaning "Pæga's settlement."
English #199 in US
Lennon Lennon is a unisex name of Irish origin, an anglicized form of the surname Ó Leannáin.
Irish #214 in US
Noa Noa is a unisex name with two separate origins: a Hebrew girls' name meaning "movement," borne by one of the daughters of Zelophehad, and a short form of Noah.
Hebrew #226 in US
Callahan Callahan is a unisex name of Irish origin, anglicized from Ó Ceallacháin.
Irish #227 in US
Wren Wren is a name of Old English origin taken from the bird, from wrenna.
English #231 in US
Milan Milan is a unisex name of Slavic origin meaning "gracious" or "dear," from the element mil.
Slavic #242 in US
Aspen Aspen is a unisex name of English origin taken from the tree, whose leaves tremble in the slightest wind.
English #266 in US
Karter Karter is a unisex name of English origin, a respelling of Carter, the occupational surname for someone who drove a cart.
English #270 in US
Shiloh Shiloh is a unisex name of Hebrew origin taken from a place rather than a word, the sanctuary town where the Israelites kept the Ark of the Covenant.
Hebrew #278 in US
Lennox Lennox is a unisex name from a Scottish district whose name means "place of elm trees," and it is recorded as unisex.
Scottish #289 in US
Blake Blake is a name of Old English origin with two opposite meanings.
English #296 in US
Remington Remington is a unisex name of English origin, a place name meaning the settlement by the boundary stream.
English #307 in US
Marley Marley is a name of Old English origin meaning "boundary wood" or "pleasant meadow."
English #322 in US
Navy Navy is a unisex name taken from the English word for a fleet, which comes through French from the Latin navis, a ship.
English #327 in US
Phoenix Phoenix meant several things at once in Greek — the bird, the color purple-red, the date palm and a Phoenician — and the word cannot be reduced to any one of them without discarding the others.
Greek #329 in US
Finley Finley is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin meaning "fair-haired warrior."
Scottish #333 in US
Leighton Leighton is a unisex name of English origin meaning "herb garden settlement".
English #342 in US
Onyx Onyx is a unisex name taken from the banded black stone, whose Greek name onyx means "fingernail" or "claw".
Greek #365 in US
Miller Miller is a unisex name of English origin, the occupational surname for someone who ground grain into flour.
English #369 in US
Kayce Kayce is a unisex name of modern American coinage, a respelling of Casey or of the initials K.
Irish #375 in US
Baylor Baylor is a unisex name of English origin whose meaning is unsettled.
English #386 in US
Kamari Kamari is a unisex name usually connected to the Arabic qamar, the moon, and also used as a Swahili name and as a modern American coinage.
Arabic #391 in US
Murphy Murphy is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "sea warrior".
Irish #397 in US
Briar Briar is a unisex name taken from the English word for a thorny shrub, especially wild rose or bramble.
English #400 in US
Remy Remy is a name of Latin origin meaning "oarsman" or "rower."
Latin #408 in US
Rylan Rylan has no documented source, and the little king gloss repeated for it is unsupported — the likeliest reading is rye land, an English place name, but even that is not established.
English #416 in US
Harley Harley is a name of Old English origin meaning "hare's meadow."
English #418 in US
Reign Reign is a unisex name taken from the English word for rule or sovereignty, from the Latin regnum.
English #452 in US
Monroe Monroe is a unisex name of Scottish origin meaning "mouth of the Roe" — a river in Ireland, not Scotland.
Scottish #467 in US
Azariah Azariah is a unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh has helped".
Hebrew #472 in US
Royal Royal is a unisex name taken from the English word, from the Latin regalis — of a king.
English #476 in US
Camryn Camryn is a unisex name, used mostly for American girls, and it's a modern spelling of Cameron.
Scottish #478 in US
Rowen Rowen is a unisex name with two sources. It is a variant of Rowan, the tree name and the Irish Ó Ruadháin from a word for red; and separately an English dialect word for a second crop of hay cut in the same season.
Irish #486 in US
Armani Armani is a unisex name of Italian origin, a surname meaning "son of Armanno" — a Germanic name built from elements for army and man.
Italian #495 in US
Jream Jream is a modern American unisex name, a phonetic spelling of Dream.
American coinage #518 in US
Denver Denver is a unisex name of English origin meaning "the Danes' crossing".
English #520 in US
Chozen Peaked in 2025 · 1,776 births since 2004
#524 in US

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