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.

Rankings for

203 names, most popular first in the United States

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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.
Unisex English #1,028 in US
Ollie Ollie is a name of Norse origin meaning "ancestor's descendant."
Unisex Norse #1,059 in US
Kit Kit is a name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ."
Unisex Greek #1,103 in US
Terry Terry is a name serving as a short form of Terence and of the Germanic Theodoric, two unrelated names, and it is mixed — about 18 percent of recorded births are female.
Unisex English #1,116 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.
Unisex 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."
Unisex 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.
Unisex Irish #1,164 in US
Lux Lux is a unisex name meaning "light," taken directly from the Latin word lux.
Unisex 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.
Unisex French #1,169 in US
Ash Ash is a boy's name, also used for girls, meaning "ash tree," from the Old English word æsc. It works both as a nature name and as a short form of Ashley, Asher or Ashton.
Boy English #1,179 in US
Shay Shay is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "hawk-like" or "stately," the phonetic spelling of the Irish Séaghdha.
Unisex 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.
Unisex Greek, Latin #1,245 in US
Riot Riot is a modern unisex name taken from the English word for an uproar.
Unisex English, Old French #1,265 in US
Willie Willie is a pet form of William meaning resolute protector, and one of the more mixed names on record — a quarter of the births we hold are female, which is unusual for a name read today as male.
Unisex Germanic #1,317 in US
Georgie Georgie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "farmer," a diminutive of George and Georgia alike.
Unisex English #1,366 in US
Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.
Unisex French #1,476 in US
Stacy Stacy comes from Eustace or Anastasia, two unrelated names, and its meanings are correspondingly different — fruitful or resurrection.
Unisex Greek #1,664 in US
Laurence Laurence is the one name on this site that changes sex at the Channel: it is a man's name in English and a woman's name in French.
Unisex Latin #1,750 in US
Valentine Valentine is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."
Unisex French #1,793 in US
Marin Marin is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea," from the Roman Marinus.
Unisex 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.
Unisex French #2,044 in US
Bobbie Bobbie is 83 percent female on record and England and Wales ranks it 523rd on 110 births — far above the United States at 2,072nd, reversing what an American nickname-name would usually do.
Unisex English #2,072 in US
Robbie Robbie is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," a diminutive of Robert.
Unisex 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.
Unisex 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.
Unisex English #2,166 in US
Toni Toni has no established meaning, because Antonia does not — the Roman family name Antonius is probably Etruscan, and the flower reading attached to Anthony is a Renaissance invention.
Girl English #2,265 in US
Johnnie Johnnie means God is gracious, a pet form of John.
Unisex 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.
Unisex English #2,338 in US
Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female on record.
Unisex 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.
Unisex 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.
Unisex Welsh #2,546 in US
Rowe Rowe is an English surname used as a unisex first name.
Unisex English, Norman #2,620 in US
Jan Jan is 66 percent female on record because two unrelated uses collide — it is the ordinary man's name for John across Dutch, Polish and Czech, and a woman's short form of Janet and Janice in English.
Unisex Dutch #2,737 in US
Laurie Laurie is a name meaning laurel, and it is mixed by country — masculine in Britain as a short form of Laurence, feminine in America as a short form of Laura.
Girl Latin #2,847 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.
Unisex 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.
Unisex 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.
Unisex Scottish #3,020 in US
Claude Claude is a name from a Roman family name meaning lame, one of very few widely used names with an unflattering literal sense.
Unisex Latin #3,060 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.
Unisex 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.
Unisex French #3,253 in US
Chapel Chapel is a rare unisex name taken from the English word for a small place of Christian worship.
Unisex Latin #3,465 in US
Merle Merle means blackbird, and it is one of the mixed names on this site — 33 percent of recorded births are female, and it is reviving.
Unisex French #3,481 in US
Timber Timber is a unisex nature name taken from the English word for wood used in building.
Unisex English #3,486 in US
Christy Christy serves both Christine and Christopher, so it is used for both sexes — 98 percent of recorded births are female, but the masculine use remains ordinary in Ireland.
Girl English #4,234 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.
Unisex English #4,263 in US
Leigh Leigh means a woodland clearing, and the same word is hiding at the end of dozens of modern names — the -leigh in Kayleigh and Ashlyn's cousins is this word, borrowed for its sound rather than its sense.
Unisex English #4,462 in US
Kayler Kayler is a modern American unisex name whose origin is disputed.
Unisex 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.
Unisex French #5,358 in US

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