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

179 names, most popular first in United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

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 in our records, yet its most famous bearer was John Wayne, born Marion Robert Morrison.
Unisex French #2,044 in US
Bobbie Bobbie is 83 percent female in our records and England and Wales ranks it 523rd on 110 births — far above the United States at 2072nd, 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 the births in our records are female.
Unisex Norman #2,155 in US
Jackie Jackie is the third most evenly divided name on this site — 48.9 percent of the births in our records 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 the births in our records 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 in our records.
Unisex Irish #2,397 in US
Kerry Kerry is 53 percent female in our records — 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
Jan Jan is 66 percent female in our records 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 genuinely 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
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 in our data as unisex, which is rare at this rank in any market.
Unisex French #3,253 in US
Merle Merle means blackbird, and it is one of the genuinely mixed names on this site — 33 percent of the births in our records are female, and our data marks it reviving.
Unisex French #3,481 in US
Christy Christy serves both Christine and Christopher, so it is used for both sexes — 98 percent of the births in our records 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
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
Loan Loan is a unisex name of Breton origin whose derivation is contested between two lines, and our data records it as unisex in France.
Unisex Breton #6,402 in US
Rua Rua is a name from the Irish word for red or red-haired, used for both boys and girls.
Unisex Irish #6,921 in US
Patrice Patrice is masculine in French and feminine in English — the same spelling, opposite sexes on either side of the Channel.
Unisex French #11,511 in US
Pat Pat is one of the most evenly divided names on this site — about 60 percent of the births in our records are female, because it shortens both Patricia and Patrick and neither side ever won.
Unisex English 66,955 births
Ange Ange is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "messenger," which is what the word angel originally meant.
Unisex French 23,703 births
Mahé Mahé is a unisex name of Breton origin meaning "gift of God," a Breton form of Matthew.
Unisex Breton 15,123 births
Louison Louison is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior," a French diminutive of Louis and Louise alike.
Unisex 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.
Unisex Irish 2,016 births
Riadh Riadh is a unisex name whose spelling is Irish but whose source is almost certainly Arabic — Riyadh, meaning "gardens" or "meadows."
Unisex Arabic 688 births

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