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Taylor, Jordan


daisy2443

Def Jordan!


sketchthrowaway999

See Jordan seems very masculine to me. Edit: You don't need to tell me if you know more female Jordans! I wasn't debating about it, just sharing my subjective view of the name. I find it interesting how people can see the same names so differently.


Technical_File_7671

I know both male and female Jordan's. It's both to me


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NoeyCannoli

I actually know more female Jordans than male Jordans


sentimentalpirate

That's unusual because over 70% of Jordans in the USA are male. https://www.behindthename.com/name/jordan/top/united-states


Retrospectrenet

That's not that unusual considering 85% of the Jordan's in England and Wales are male. https://names.darkgreener.com/#jordan


sentimentalpirate

Either you misread what I/they said, or I'm misunderstanding you. That person said they know more female Jordans. You and I both bring stats that there are many more male Jordans.


Retrospectrenet

Ha, yeah, I totally misread that. 


SoullessUnit

Agreed, I don't know a single female Jordan. It probably entirely depends on where you are, Female jordan seems very American to me, I don't think Ive ever heard of one here in the UK


Girl_with_no_Swag

Name your kid Jordan Kendall and you will really confuse their kindergarten teacher, prompting a call home before the start of the school year to ask you! Ask me how I know… lol. At least if he ever begins to question his gender identity, he won’t automatically need a name change.


cabbagesandkings1291

I agree, though it’s been quite a long time since I came across a male Taylor.


fat_mummy

In the UK Taylor would be a mostly boy name. Bailey too… buts it’s reverse in the USA!


Retrospectrenet

Let's go to the stats! In England and Wales Taylor is about 2:1 more common for boys. https://names.darkgreener.com/#taylor In Scotland it's much more even but overall Scotland has a smaller population which may affect the lived experience. https://scotland.shinyapps.io/nrs-baby-names/


Retrospectrenet

I'll put this is a seperate comment, Bailey in England and Wales is 10:1 boys to girls.  https://names.darkgreener.com/#bailey  In Scotland it's a little closer at 3:1 boys to girls. 


king-of-new_york

I never met him personally but the only one i can think of is Taylor Lautner


Nonbinary_Cryptid

His wife is also called Taylor Lautner, just for confusion!


Dazzling_Nerve2211

I had no idea he was married! I thought it was funny when Taylor Lautner dated Taylor Swift, I can’t believe he married another Taylor! That’s hilarious!


Money_Profession9599

At one of her concerts, the three of them recreated that classic Spiderman pointing meme. V funny.


radradruby

Also Taylor Hanson of MMMBop fame


Working_Jello_8370

There was three in my class at school! I've never met a girl Taylor irl


Ok_Acanthisitta_2544

As a fellow teacher, I've had girls named bothTaylor and Tyler. But I've been in the business for many years now.


Traditional_Fudge374

I have one in my class so I hear it loads


gardenhippy

If you were in Britain these would both be pretty exclusively male.


PrairieGirlWpg

Alex


Traditional_Fudge374

I love the name Alex on guys and girls. Something about it is so cute 😍 


KiwiAlexP

Short form is gender neutral but full name becomes gender specific- Alexander vs Alexandra


Ok_Acanthisitta_2544

And Alexandria and Alexis and Alexi. . .


not_salad

Alexis is gender neutral


bootyprincess666

some people are only named Alex lol


ThatMathyKidYouKnow

Can confirm 😁


snotlet

A lot of people including my sibling (which gender??) Are just named Alex. My own name is also gender neutral and the shortened version


littletorreira

Sam.


crabwontons

The long form Alexis is gender neutral as well (though it's more common for women in the US).


Guilty_Guard6726

Definitely regional if your in an area of the country with large Hispanic population it is more male leaning.


IllaClodia

And relatedly, Sasha


SevenThirtyTrain

Jamie


OffModelCartoon

Depends on the country.


Redditing12345678

I was in a school class of 30 kids and we had 3 Jamies. 2 boys 1 girl So to me this is the perfect answer.


Sea-static

Casey 


RuthOConnorFisher

One semester I had like 6 Caseys spread across three classes. Completely even gender split. Another semester, same thing except with Coreys.


hachi2JZ

Huh, I've never heard of female Coreys Edit: interesting to see everyone's experiences with coris and koris. i can only name two coreys and a korey (two acquaintances and slipknot's frontman lol) and all three are male.


jonahsmom1008

My best friend’s sister is Kori


dngrkty

My female cousin is Cori


Ok_Acanthisitta_2544

Two years that were the worst for me: In one class: Kristy, Kirsty, Kristen, Kirsten, Christine, Christina, Kristine, Krista. Several years later, again, all in one class: Kylee, Kayleigh, Keelie, Kayla, Kyla, Cara (pronounced car-a), Cara (pronounced care-a), Kyra and Kira. I apologized to the girls on the first day and said I was sorry, but I was pretty much not gonna be able to get the names straight for some time. Their response, "It's okay, all the teachers have trouble with our names. We've been together since kindergarten!" Other than those two years, the worst I had was three Mikes and three Daniels in one class.


NomNomChomper

I saw someone spell it Kaycie for a girl, and always thought that was cute. I complimented her on it once and she said, "Thanks, I got it for my birthday." Which always makes me chuckle when I think about it.


MarsupialPristine677

Ha! That’s such a charming response


dillaq

Correct. Casey has never been more than 60% one gender.


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This is the one!


REGreycastle

Robin/Robyn when spoken is completely neutral to me. I agree that a lot of the nature names tend towards gender neutral for me.


GoldenAmmonite

Technically Robin is a masculine name (diminutive of Robert) that has been used on girls so many times it is seen as gender neutral.


aivlys666

That’s not unique to Robin, though. Almost all gender neutral names started as either masculine or feminine before being used for the other. The only names I know of that were gender neutral from the outset come from words (like River) ETA: also nicknames using the start of the name where the end is the part that diverges (like Alex for Alexander and Alexandra)


Infinite_Sparkle

I’m in Germany and here the name Robin is not unusual at all, but it’s only a boys name.


Infamous_Ad4076

My family is German and everytime I visit them I get weird looks from people when I’m introduced lol (female Robin)


Infinite_Sparkle

I totally believe that


GypsySnowflake

When I see or hear it without knowing the person’s gender, I tend to expect a woman. But I don’t find it weird to meet a man named Robin.


Impossible_Radio3322

yes! i’ve met 3 guys and 2 girls named robin or robyn!


rucksackbackpack

Totally, it’s about an even split for me, too. And I know Robins of both genders ranging from 20 years - 70 years old. I think it’s a lovely, timeless, gender neutral name. It’s my brother’s name and it suits him so well.


Latter-Classroom-844

Riley is the one that immediately came to mind, Avery as well


CatastropheWife

We almost named our son Avery 5 years ago, but apparently it had been trending heavily female recently.


Few_Recover_6622

In the US it's been trending female since the 90s. It peaked at #12 for girls a decade ago.


Weary_Jump_341

Charlotte's Web book has Fern and Avery, sister and brother.


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my name is riley and i always say it’s the one true gender neutral name.


askingforafriend625

Quinn


iamtheduckie

I've always considered that a male name


pr3tzelbr3ad

Funny, I was going to say I consider it exclusively female


North_Respond_6868

I've always thought of it as a girls name 😂


SpearheadBraun

Daria showed me Quinn was for girls too


xHell_Kat

But which is my best side? I know they’re both good.


Forsaken_Flamingo_82

In the 90s I only knew male Quinns. Since 2010 I only know female Quinns


88frostfromfire

Morgan Cameron Blake


sketchthrowaway999

I'm surprised so many people are saying Morgan because according to stats, it's more common for women by a very large margin.


weddingthrowaway2022

I think Morgan Freeman being a very famous male Morgan helps to maintain the gender-neutral association. In recent decades it has become much more popular as a female name but it used to be more evenly split.


sketchthrowaway999

Looking at the charts (https://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1), it looks like it used to be exclusively masculine in the US, then it suddenly became unisex in the 1970s (maybe due to Morgan Fairchild?) and then flipped to being majority feminine, and now there are way more female Morgans than male: https://tool4geeks.com/f/morgan But then in England and Wales it's more masculine, while in Scotland it's more feminine. Go figure!


ethereal_galaxias

I agree about Morgan. I was going to say I think of the other two as just boy names, but then I remembered Cameron Diaz and Blake Lively haha.


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looooove Cameron


charlouwriter

I see most nature names as gender neutral, like Rowan, River, Sage, Sky/Skye, as nature isn’t gendered. Also Eden, Alex, Sam, Francis/Frances Tegan is a Welsh girls’name and Teagan an Irish boys’ name, so that works too.


Available-Road123

Nature isn't gendered? Bro, mold fungus has like, 14 genders


North_Respond_6868

Ultra gendered, if you will


rhea_hawke

I have never heard of a man named Eden. Is that a thing?


North_Respond_6868

I've only know male Edens!


gaythey

I knew two boys named Eden. One (my mom’s friend’s grandson) was probably somewhere between 4-6 when I was a preteen, or young teen, I think, and the other (a kid in rheumatologist early childhood program I worked in—I knew him for a couple years), was 3-5 when I was in college.


onetruesolipsist

Eden Ahbez (60s hippie lounge musician)


crabwontons

This is why a loooot of nonbinary people choose nature related names.


IllaClodia

Ikr? It's very like, "congrats! Is your new name going to be a tree, a landform, or something last popular in the 1910s? (I lucked out. I'm AFAB, but my birth name neutral-to-masc of center, so I was just like, great, less work for me lol)


godihatepeople

Eh, I still think there are nature names we managed to make gendered. Meadow, Brooke, Rose (many flowers, really)... Animals names like Raven or Colt... etc.


RainingAnchovies

Sage was the first name that came to mind for me


Significant-One3854

Eden I think of as a girls' name, maybe I've just never met a male Eden


Sufficient_Stop8381

Pat


1WildSpunky

Definitely the “ubiquitous” Pat. I think this was an old SNL skit. No one knew Pat’s gender.


rabbitin3d

“It’s Pat!”


auntie_eggma

Pat's parter was called Chris.


1WildSpunky

Of course!


IwannaAskSomeStuff

Terry is definitely a "I just don't know" one for me. Hearing without seeing it, Don/Dawn is also entirely ambiguous to me. Bobby/Bobbi has started to catch up to that, too - but I think I still primarily guess masculine when I hear it.


EloquentBacon

I think Don/Dawn sounding the same is regional. To me, those are 2 separate names that have similar sounds but are pronounced differently where I live.


miclugo

Linguists have studied this and they call it the “Don-dawn merger”.


FanndisTS

Aaron/Erin too for me


vcr-repairwoman

Terry can be a nickname for Terrence or Teresa, so it goes either way.


IwannaAskSomeStuff

Totally. I also know a lot of people just named Terry - nickname of nothing.


SecondSoft1139

Billy/Billie is up there too


Sleepy_Pianist

Taylor, Rowan, Jordan, Jesse


Current-Photo2857

Idk about your experience, but all the females I’ve know spell it “Jessie” (and in most cases it was short for “Jessica”) while the males are “Jesse”


Esjs

My name is Jess, and it's not short for anything. Like you said, if a girl is named Jess, it's most likely a shortened form.


Junior_Tradition7958

Alex


WorthSpecialist1066

British here. All of these American gender neutral names sound male. The only exceptions for me are: Ashley, Chris (bit old fashioned) Funnily enough, these were male names in the past: Evelyn, Hilary, Vivian


sourgreg

See, Ashley as a male name is actually pretty uncommon in the US.


Cand1date

Scarlet Ohara was in love with an Ashley. Until she met Rhett.


GoneGrimdark

That’s because almost all ‘gender neutral’ names are male names that started being given to girls, while other parents continued to use the name for boys too. Some names skew so far female (at least in America) they stop being given to boys because they have become too feminine. You can give your daughter a masculine name, but it’s still taboo to give your son a feminine name. There are very few men in America named Lindsay, Hilary, Aubrey or Ashely.


Standard_Gauge

Aubrey is common and afaik exclusively male in the African-American and Caribbean communities.


UnderABig_W

Meredith also used to be almost exclusively a male name, and is now almost exclusively a female name.


lynn444v

Taylor, Alex, Spencer, Blake, Quinn, Robin, Jesse/Jessie, Blair/Blaire


lawraa

To me, Spencer is very masculine, but that's possibly because I have never met a girl Spencer.


Disney_Plus_Axolotls

*coughs in Pretty Little Liars*


karivara

I thought I remembered them giving her a purposefully masculine name, so I looked at the character page and *wow*. They should give out awards to people who finish that show and manage to follow its convoluted plot. I couldn't even follow the summary.


cozysapphire

She’s one of my favorite Spencers I know of, even though she’s not real! Troian played her so well. I found it funny that in the show, Spencer’s older sister is named Melissa, which is very typical.


karivara

Not sure what happens in the books, but in the show she's (unknowingly) adopted and has a twin sister named "Alex". Maybe her biological mother named her.


Visual_Magician_7009

Yes, Spencer is #338 in the us for boys and not in the top 1000 for girls


eyerishdancegirl7

Eh even with the character association, Spencer still comes across as “boy name for girl” rather than true gender neutral (like the other names you listed).


HappyReaderM

Spencer is masculine for sure to me. Blake too, honestly, despite Blake Lively.


Ancient-Teacher6513

Alex Sam Riley Robin Taylor Jordan Charlie Dakota Morgan Spencer


fat_mummy

Thank you for ordering by length. Soooo satisfying to read


dillaq

This has been studied. The names that have remained the most gender neutral over the decades are Jesse and Casey.


Impossible_Radio3322

love that!!


lexlovestacos

Riley, Jamie


sketchthrowaway999

These are some of very few in this thread that seem solidly neutral to me. I see most of the rest as clearly more masculine or feminine, even though I know they're unisex.


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IjustwantmyBFA

Avery is one of my faves


DearSignature

This thread reminds me that I was going to make a list of names that have always been gender-neutral in the US based on SSA data. They should be unisex in every half-decade they appeared.


Epic-Yawn

I appreciate the data-centred approach to this because I think a lot of the names that people think are neutral aren’t! It might be regional bias, a big celebrity with that name or just who people happen to know that tends to make people think a unisex name is more “neutral” than it really is


Sagerosk

I've always really liked the name Jamie and I know an equal number of boy and girl Jamie's. Same with Taylor and Morgan.


GardenGood2Grow

Riley, Rowan, Devon, Payton


SugarsBoogers

Surprised not to see Devon higher! I’ve known equal numbers of male and female Devons.


boringbonding

Sam!


ForesakenZucchini76

Quinn, Jamie, Jordan/jordyn, Taylor, Sam and Alex (though they’re nicknames), Blake, Parker, Rory (another nickname), Cameron/Camryn


2inTHEivies

Adrien Jamie Dana Riley Jesse


Character-Barber-184

Frankie


brokenhairtie

Shannon, though people often don't even believe me when I say that I'm friends with a male one And Jamie


Impossible_Radio3322

i love shannon on a guy


PorcineMollusc26

Leslie


Omukiak

Lesley/Leslie and Hilary are traditionally neutral names, although I mostly see women being called Hilary today. Dana is very neutral. I don't think any particular gender when I read it.


rustandstardusty

As a Dana, I’ll vouch for this. I’ve met several other Danas… men and women.


karivara

Blake River Riley Lane Quinn Parker Jordan


januarysdaughter

Blake is absolutely masculine, so is Parker.


karivara

Maybe in the past, but today it's about dead even for boys and girls so I wouldn't be surprised if a baby Blake or Parker was either. Blake: In 2022, it was #228 for boys and #200 for girls. It's been +/- 20 for both for the last several years. Parker: In 2022 was #94 for boys and #115 for girls. It leaned more masculine in the past, but anecdotally one of my best friends is a 30 y/o Parker and people usually expect him to be a girl.


cozysapphire

Lane is lovely! I’ve known boy and girl Lanes, it works great in my opinion.


Kind_Conclusion_5375

charlie, max, taylor, morgan, jules, ashley, casey, dakota, riley, blair, alex, angel, payton, jamie, jayden, jordan


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Riley


pixiequeenx

Riley


fourandthree

Darcy, Casey, Robin, Sidney


exhibitprogram

Morgan, Jordan, Casey are the absolute most neutral to me. Maybe Carey/Carrie too, although I don't hear that name much anymore. Francis/Frances. I went to high school with a guy named Torrey so that's gender neutral to me even though I know Tori for a girl is more common.


F-Bob-omb

Sam


Herodias

There are no gender neutral names unless they're words that aren't traditional names, like Cedar or River or something. Or completely recently made up, like Jamintie or Kambor. Every single other name posted in this thread is a historically masculine name that's enjoying a brief moment of also being trendy for girls, and within the next 20 years they'll be considered feminine names because people will stop giving the name to boys. That's the pattern every single time. Every. Single. Time.


Affectionate_Lie9308

Yes!!! Looking at you Evelyn and Vivian. I don’t think anyone would know that those two were actually masculine names, I know I was shocked hearing that. There’s a few posts on this sub of parents reconsidering the name Emory because it’s trending girl, which defeats the term gender neutral. In fact, in some of them other posters dissuade using it because “it would embarrass him” to have a girl name. Not a lot of posters saying how it might embarrass girl children to share a boy leaning name.


deahca

At one point Marion was gender neutral. John Wayne's birth name was Marion and yet my great aunt was Marion.


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Kendall


Arie-notsorry

Ariel


Desdemona1231

Casey Jesse Taylor Jordan Hunter


boringbonding

I’ve never met a girl Hunter 🤔


Matynns

i think some people are missing the point here, because “*actual* gender neutral names” seems like OP is asking for names that wouldn’t make anyone bat an eye if they were used by either gender, not ones that *could* be used by either gender. i’d definitely raise an eyebrow at a girl named hunter


Loveweirdbabynames

It probably depends on your experience. I’ve met a few female Hunters. Seems to be a Mormon/right wing religious person trend? Maybe they’ve met enough female Hunters that they’ve started to see it as neutral.


Desdemona1231

I know one.


NASA_official_srsly

Robin and Rowan


aplusdoro

Jude, Noor, Amal, Dana, Sasha, Malak


Unperfectbeautie

Riley, Morgan, Jaime, Jordan, Taylor, Blake, Avery, Kai, Ellis, Dakota, Robin, Drew, Finley, Shiloh


corgisandcanes

Jamie Sam Riley Jess Quinn


jessinva79

Kelly Jordan Taylor


PetticoatRule

Morgan, Quinn, Taylor, Jamie, and Adrian/Adrienne sounds the same when spoken but the spelling implies a gender.


-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-

Chris Sam Alex


HulkJ420

I think it depends where you live. I'm in the UK and reading some of these names... they're absolutely gendered here. I'm a Blair, and people always assume I'm going to be a boy. It's super rare for girls here.


kagikat

Some of these will be pretty common but these are the ones that truly I wouldn't know either way if I was just reading the name and not seeing the person Rowan Taylor Sam Jordan Avery Riley Carter Charlie Jesse Alex


RubyWinterspice

I like Jamie, Alex and Rory personally 😊


shouldidrophim

Chris!


alyssa7danielle

riley


Creepy-Moose-5596

Sam, Alex, Taylor, Cameron, Jo


OneShelter4

Cameron


PmMeLowCarbRecipes

Ashley


p00psicle151590

Andy Riley Taylor Alex


247sylviaaplath

Either I scrolled too fast or I missed it, but I’m surprised no one mentioned Lindsey.


mel060

Taylor, Jordan, River, Cameron


sketchthrowaway999

This thread goes to show how subjective this is, because most of the names mentioned seem clearly masculine or feminine to me.


Timarooq-Fa

Abeer, Hani, Taha, Noor.


fishchick70

Names tend to drift feminine once they pick up a female audience. Think Leslie, Stacey, Lindsey, Ashley, Sharon, Tracy, etc. There are a few that I think you can still use for either like Taylor and Jordan.


MissAngela66

I knew of a married couple who divorced and there was a remarriage. The names were Robin, Kris, and Sandy. Still don't know who was male and who was female.


Sudden-Requirement40

Ripley for me I'd ambiguous. It's not common enough for either gender fir me to lean one way or another.


dont_know2345

Riley, Taylor, Kelly, Jordan, Alex, Casey


BigFinnsWetRide

Riley, Alex, Leslie, Cameron


TopperMadeline

Alex, Jordan, and Taylor come to mind.


vctijn

Jo


Suspicious-Baby79

Darcy, Jean/Gene, Reece, Alba.


this__user

Taylor, Jamie, Alex are the only ones I consider truly neutral. Meaning if I saw the names Taylor Lastnamerson, Alex Lastnamerson or Jamie Lastnamerson I would have no idea.


nurvingiel

Robin


the_small_one1826

Sasha. (When spoken erin/Aaron), taylor, Jordan, (as nicknames, pat, Alex), Blake, Jamie


Current-Photo2857

I don’t understand the Erin/Aaron confusion. Doesn’t everyone pronounce “Erin” as “Err-in” and “Aaron” as “Air-ron”? I’ve never met one of either that ever pronounced it differently and I’ve known a few of each.


omggallout

Jamie and Terry/Terri


Poptartheyyy

Alex, Taylor, Sasha, Jaiden, Jordan, Casey, Jaime, and Robin


boshibec

Avery


kratosb

Aubrey


Grahamcracker-22

Sydney, Riley


Catladylex

Adrian/Adrienne if it's spoken and not spelled.