Unisex Unisex Names

Names given to boys and girls in real numbers, not merely in theory. The traffic is almost always one-way — names move from boys to girls and rarely back — so a name that is unisex today usually will not be in twenty years.

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143 names, most popular first in the United States

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Joey Joey is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Hebrew #875 in US
Isa Isa is a unisex name with two main origins.
Arabic, Spanish #931 in US
Devon Devon is the English county, named for the Dumnonii — a Celtic people whose own name may mean the deep ones, possibly referring to mining.
English #1,028 in US
Ollie Ollie is a name of Norse origin meaning "ancestor's descendant."
Norse #1,059 in US
Kit Kit is a name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ."
Greek #1,103 in US
Dara Dara is a unisex name that arrives from at least three unconnected languages — Irish, Hebrew and Persian — and the reading depends entirely on which one a family has in mind.
uncertain #1,129 in US
Shea Shea is a unisex name of Irish origin from the surname Ó Séaghdha, whose root means "hawk-like" or "stately."
Irish #1,156 in US
Kasey Kasey means vigilant, and it is one of the more evenly divided names on this site — 73 percent of recorded births are female, against an Irish surname that was of course carried by both.
Irish #1,164 in US
Lux Lux is a unisex name meaning "light," taken directly from the Latin word lux.
Latin #1,166 in US
Jean Jean is a unisex name on record: the French form of John, meaning "God is gracious," and separately a Scottish feminine form of Jane.
French #1,169 in US
Shay Shay is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "hawk-like" or "stately," the phonetic spelling of the Irish Séaghdha.
Irish #1,227 in US
Cedar Cedar is a unisex nature name meaning "cedar tree," from the Greek word kedros by way of Latin and Old French.
Greek, Latin #1,245 in US
Riot Riot is a modern unisex name taken from the English word for an uproar.
English, Old French #1,265 in US
Georgie Georgie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "farmer," a diminutive of George and Georgia alike.
English #1,366 in US
Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.
French #1,476 in US
Valentine Valentine is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."
French #1,793 in US
Marin Marin is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea," from the Roman Marinus.
French #2,043 in US
Marion Marion is a French diminutive of Mary that has crossed sexes twice over — it is 81 percent female on record, yet its most famous bearer was John Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison.
French #2,044 in US
Robbie Robbie is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," a diminutive of Robert.
Scottish #2,124 in US
Tracy Tracy is a Norman place name that became a surname, then a boys' name, then overwhelmingly a girls' name — about 81 percent of recorded births are female.
Norman #2,155 in US
Jackie Jackie is the third most evenly divided name on this site — 48.9 percent of recorded births are female, behind only Emerson and Riley among names with more than 50,000 births.
English #2,166 in US
Johnnie Johnnie means God is gracious, a pet form of John.
Scottish #2,292 in US
Tommie Tommie means twin, and it is one of the most evenly split names on this site — 33 percent of recorded births are female, because it serves as a short form of both Thomas and Thomasina.
English #2,338 in US
Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female on record.
Irish #2,397 in US
Kerry Kerry is 53 percent female on record — the fourth-closest to an even split on this site, behind only Emerson, Riley and Jackie.
Irish #2,454 in US
Lynn Lynn is a name from a Welsh and Gaelic word for a lake or a pool below a waterfall.
Welsh #2,546 in US
Rowe Rowe is an English surname used as a unisex first name.
English, Norman #2,620 in US
Jae Jae is a unisex name with two separate origins. In Korean it's a syllable with Chinese-character meanings such as "talent" or "wealth," often part of a two-syllable name, and in English it's a spelling of Jay, used alone or as a middle name.
Korean, English #2,974 in US
Loren Loren means from Laurentum, a town rather than a plant — the laurel reading came second, and the town itself was probably named for its laurels, so the connection is real but runs the long way round.
Latin #3,011 in US
Sandy Sandy shortens Alexander and Alexandra, meaning defender of the people — and in Scotland it is the standard familiar form of Alexander, which is why it reads as Scottish rather than merely short.
Scottish #3,020 in US
Jody Jody serves Judith, Joseph and Jude at once, which is why it is 64 percent female rather than resolving to one side — three unrelated parents pulling in different directions.
English #3,061 in US
Charly Charly is a unisex name in France, a respelling of Charlie meaning "free man," from the Germanic. It ranks sixtieth in France and is recorded on record as unisex, which is rare at this rank in any market.
French #3,253 in US
Chapel Chapel is a rare unisex name taken from the English word for a small place of Christian worship.
Latin #3,465 in US
Timber Timber is a unisex nature name taken from the English word for wood used in building.
English #3,486 in US
Kim Kim is a name that arrives from three unrelated directions — an English place name, Kipling's 1901 novel, and the most common Korean surname in the world.
English #4,263 in US
Kayler Kayler is a modern American unisex name whose origin is disputed.
Disputed #4,789 in US
Alix Alix is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "noble," a medieval French form of Adelaide that later merged with Alice.
French #5,358 in US
Loan Loan is a unisex name of Breton origin whose derivation is contested between two lines, and it is recorded as unisex in France.
Breton #6,402 in US
Patrice Patrice is masculine in French and feminine in English — the same spelling, opposite sexes on either side of the Channel.
French #11,511 in US
Pat Pat is one of the most evenly divided names on this site — about 60 percent of recorded births are female, because it shortens both Patricia and Patrick and neither side ever won.
English 66,955 births
Ange Ange is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "messenger," which is what the word angel originally meant.
French 23,703 births
Mahé Mahé is a unisex name of Breton origin meaning "gift of God," a Breton form of Matthew.
Breton 15,123 births
Louison Louison is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a French diminutive of Louis and Louise alike.
French 13,218 births
Naoise Naoise is a unisex name of Irish origin whose meaning is lost, belonging to the young warrior at the center of Ireland's oldest love story.
Irish 2,016 births
Lorry Lorry is a unisex name that began as a pet form of Laurence, from the Latin Laurentius, "from Laurentum."
Latin, English 1,605 births
Riadh Riadh is a unisex name whose spelling is Irish but whose source is almost certainly Arabic — Riyadh, meaning "gardens" or "meadows."
Arabic 688 births
Anesu Anesu is a unisex Shona name from Zimbabwe meaning "He is with us," referring to God.
Shona 141 births

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