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

42 names, uncommon — 100 to 499 a year, in the United States

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Girls Boys Unisex

Caiden Caiden is a boy's name with no established etymology, a modern respelling that reference sites trace to an Irish surname it probably has nothing to do with.
Boy uncertain 475 in 2025
Chris Chris shortens two unrelated Greek names — Christopher, which means bearing Christ, and Christine, which means belonging to Christ.
Unisex Greek 431 in 2025
Jaime Jaime is 41 percent female on record, one of the most divided names on this site — Spanish reads it as James, and English hears it as a spelling of Jamie.
Unisex Spanish 455 in 2025
Noor Noor is a name of Arabic origin meaning "light."
Girl Arabic 478 in 2025
Sasha Sasha is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "defender of men," the Russian familiar form of Alexander.
Unisex Russian 461 in 2025
Billie Billie is a name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."
Unisex Germanic 422 in 2025
Leslie Leslie is a Scottish place name turned surname turned given name, and it has crossed sexes: about 71 percent of recorded births are female, though the name began firmly male and remains so in Britain.
Unisex Scottish 425 in 2025
Lee Lee is a name from the Old English word for a woodland clearing, and it is one of the most productive elements in English place names — the ending of Ashley, Bradley, Shirley and Beverly.
Unisex English 387 in 2025
Charley Charley means free man, and it is one of the few mixed names on this site — 39 percent of recorded births are female, and it is rising.
Unisex English 443 in 2025
Romi Romi is a unisex name with no single source, arriving separately from Hebrew, Japanese and European naming, where it serves as a short form of Romy and Romina.
Unisex uncertain 358 in 2025
Jessie Jessie is a name that arrives from two unrelated directions — the Scottish pet form of Janet, and a feminine of the Hebrew Jesse.
Unisex Scottish 456 in 2025
Kelly Kelly is a name from the Irish surname Ó Ceallaigh, borne almost entirely by men for most of its history and now 86 percent female on record.
Unisex Irish 403 in 2025
Darcy Darcy is a name of Norman French origin meaning "from Arcy," a place in Normandy.
Unisex French 341 in 2025
Joey Joey is a name of Hebrew origin meaning "God will increase."
Unisex Hebrew 420 in 2025
Isa Isa is a unisex name with two main origins.
Unisex Arabic, Spanish 372 in 2025
Dana Dana is a name with several unrelated sources — a Danish origin, a Hebrew feminine of Daniel, and an Irish mother goddess.
Unisex English 269 in 2025
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 260 in 2025
Ollie Ollie is a name of Norse origin meaning "ancestor's descendant."
Unisex Norse 287 in 2025
Kit Kit is a name of Greek origin meaning "bearer of Christ."
Unisex Greek 403 in 2025
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 202 in 2025
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 255 in 2025
Shea Shea is a unisex name of Irish origin from the surname Ó Séaghdha, whose root means "hawk-like" or "stately."
Unisex Irish 312 in 2025
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 285 in 2025
Lux Lux is a unisex name meaning "light," taken directly from the Latin word lux.
Unisex Latin 235 in 2025
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 264 in 2025
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 192 in 2025
Shay Shay is a unisex name of Irish origin meaning "hawk-like" or "stately," the phonetic spelling of the Irish Séaghdha.
Unisex Irish 261 in 2025
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 220 in 2025
Riot Riot is a modern unisex name taken from the English word for an uproar.
Unisex English, Old French 177 in 2025
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 156 in 2025
Georgie Georgie is a unisex name of Greek origin meaning "farmer," a diminutive of George and Georgia alike.
Unisex English 178 in 2025
Dominique Dominique is a French name meaning of the Lord, given to children born on a Sunday.
Unisex French 172 in 2025
Stacy Stacy comes from Eustace or Anastasia, two unrelated names, and its meanings are correspondingly different — fruitful or resurrection.
Unisex Greek 140 in 2025
Valentine Valentine is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "strong" or "healthy."
Unisex French 159 in 2025
Marin Marin is a unisex name of Latin origin meaning "of the sea," from the Roman Marinus.
Unisex French 113 in 2025
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 147 in 2025
Robbie Robbie is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," a diminutive of Robert.
Unisex Scottish 120 in 2025
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 114 in 2025
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 148 in 2025
Johnnie Johnnie means God is gracious, a pet form of John.
Unisex Scottish 103 in 2025
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 111 in 2025
Shannon Shannon is a name from Ireland's longest river, and it is 86 percent female on record.
Unisex Irish 116 in 2025

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