s/o Unisex names

dandlelyon

So what names does the BNB consider to be unisex?  If any.

Zimger

I don't really think of names as unisex. I see boy names being used on girls. I rarely see girl names being used for boys.

Edit: I should probably elaborate, I see enough parents giving their girls boy names in order to sound progressive or give them some kind of "edge" later on in life. I don't see these names as Unisex. I simply see it as people giving their daughters masculine names. This seems to be a big "thing" right now. I even met a female Liam today. I don't feel that Liam is now unisex.

Edit: Holy spelling errors Batman!

MommyLuvsMe1210

Not necessarily true... I've seen Renee' on a boy and I think it's more of a "girl" name.

jkoulton

Well...

logan

tracy

stacy

johnnie

jesse

casey

skyler 

and sooo many more I can't  think of right now.

dandlelyon

I hear Dana on both guys and gals (not any baby Danas at this point).  Though I know many more girl Danas.

 

Zimger

MommyLuvsMe1210:

Not necessarily true... I've seen Renee' on a boy and I think it's more of a "girl" name.

That is why I said rarely.

alohamora

Zimger:

I don't really think of names as unisex. I see boy names being used on girls. I rarely see girl names being used for boys.

Edit: I should probably elaborate, I see enough parents giving their girls boy names in order to sound progressive ir give them some kind of "edge" later on in life. I don't see these names as Unisex. I simply see it as oeople giving their daighters masculine names. This seems to be a big "thing" right now. I even met a female Liam today. I don't feel that Liam is now unisex.

I totally agree with all of this.  I cannot remember a single post in my 2ish years on this board where someone said they were having a boy and wanted a "unisex" name.  They are always parents of girls calling names unisex.

geezbby09

I agree with Jesse, Taylor, and Casey being unisex. I also think Carson is, as well as Riley, Hayden, Adrian and Ashton. I've met both girls and boys with all of these names.

MommyLuvsMe1210

LexiLupin:

MommyLuvsMe1210:

Not necessarily true... I've seen Renee' on a boy and I think it's more of a "girl" name.

Ren? is a French boy name; Ren?e is the feminine version. 

For me, the one name I just don't have a preconceived gender association with is Taylor. I'd say Alex as well, but it's almost always short for something more definitively one way or the other.

This I know. I meant the acual Renee spelling for a boy.

madamsmurfette

Robin

Jamie/Jaime

Carol/Carroll

 

alliejo725

BNB plays the "blinders on" game with unisex names. They simply shout "it's a boys' name!!!!" hoping the hundreds and hundreds of couples using traditional boys' names on girls will give a damn.

Personally, I don't consider many names actually unisex because most "unisex" names are just in transition from boys' names to girls' names. Right now, the only true unisex names I can think of are Jordan and Taylor. I hear them on both sexes, fairly evenly. Other than that...most "unisex" names are either blatant borrows (think Ryan, Dylan) or transitory (like Avery, Emery).

WiscoMom67

What about Peyton/Payton?

 

strawberrytree

fitzpemberley:

Zimger:

I don't really think of names as unisex. I see boy names being used on girls. I rarely see girl names being used for boys.

Edit: I should probably elaborate, I see enough parents giving their girls boy names in order to sound progressive ir give them some kind of "edge" later on in life. I don't see these names as Unisex. I simply see it as oeople giving their daighters masculine names. This seems to be a big "thing" right now. I even met a female Liam today. I don't feel that Liam is now unisex.

I totally agree with all of this.  I cannot remember a single post in my 2ish years on this board where someone said they were having a boy and wanted a "unisex" name.  They are always parents of girls calling names unisex.

I agree with this.

'Unisex' names are a very American phenomenon, although it has bled over into Canada as well. Having lived in a few other Englishspeaking countries, names like Ashley that Americans consider wholly female are still thought of as boys' names, although they are still used on girls at times. Others, such as Finley, are wholly male names and would be laughed at and side eyed from basically everyone on a girl. There's an underlying sociological aspect to the whole thing that disturbs me about what it means to be female in the US.

RedCardinal

strawberrytree:

fitzpemberley:

Zimger:

I don't really think of names as unisex. I see boy names being used on girls. I rarely see girl names being used for boys.

Edit: I should probably elaborate, I see enough parents giving their girls boy names in order to sound progressive ir give them some kind of "edge" later on in life. I don't see these names as Unisex. I simply see it as oeople giving their daighters masculine names. This seems to be a big "thing" right now. I even met a female Liam today. I don't feel that Liam is now unisex.

I totally agree with all of this.  I cannot remember a single post in my 2ish years on this board where someone said they were having a boy and wanted a "unisex" name.  They are always parents of girls calling names unisex.

I agree with this. 'Unisex' names are a very American phenomenon, although it has bled over into Canada as well. Having lived in a few other Englishspeaking countries, names like Ashley that Americans consider wholly female are still thought of as boys' names, although they are still used on girls at times. Others, such as Finley, are wholly male names and would be laughed at and side eyed from basically everyone on a girl. There's an underlying sociological aspect to the whole thing that disturbs me about what it means to be female in the US.

I couldn't have said it better.  

megemoney

I don't like "unisex" names.  So I don't have any answers...

Corey-chick

I consider my name to be very Unisex (Corey). I am of course female and know two other Corey's (both male with the same spelling). I have also met another girl, but she spelled it Corrie, and met another guy who spelled it Cory. Also, my last name is uni, (Jordan) We decided to name our first born's middle name Jordan and it was going to work whether we had a boy our a girl.

blu-eyedwife

Alex, Kelly, Morgan, Jordan, Shannon, Erin/Aaron, Chris, Danny/Dani, Pat, Noah/Noa