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#1 Riley_Jane

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Posted 17 December 2017 - 09:01 PM

I am wondering what your opinions are on unisex names? Do you have a gender preference for some and not for others? If so what names? I guess more specifically I want to know your thoughts on the equal use of unisex names between genders. If a name becomes so much more popular for girls is it now unacceptable to use for a boy because it's too frilly?

 

Specific Name Examples:

 

Harper

Bellamy

Quinn

Morgan

Riley

etc.



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Posted 18 December 2017 - 09:49 AM

I quite like unisex names, and it definitely depends on the name as to what gender I prefer it for. I also have a cardinal rule of pairing unisex names with gender specific names to clarify them. 

 

Some of my favorites:

Girl -

Ellis, Houston, Lennon, Parker, Spencer, Sutton

 

Boy -

Bailey, Darby, Elliot, Emory, Harper, Lane

 

Either -

Grey, Quinn, Reese/Rhys, Rory



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Posted 19 December 2017 - 01:12 PM

I like quite a few unisex names.
Some I am insanely set on my gender preference for it, despite popularity. Others I'm down the middle.
I agree with Addison that unisex first names are better paired with a gender specific middle name. (Though not all of my combos follow that)

(sorted the list you gave and added my favorites in)
Girl: Harper. Bellamy, Quinn, Morgan, Monroe, Eden, Vivian, Kennedy, Piper, Shay, Fallon, Meredith, Lux, Shiloh, Cassidy, Brooke, Lauren, Paige, Keeley, Jaycee, Mackenzie, Nova, Sailor, Josie
Boy: Cameron, Dylan, Wyatt (shouldn't even need to specify, thanks Mila&Ashton), Elliot, Peyton, Beau, August, Logan, Rylan (and pretty much all Ry names), Lennon, Maddox, Ren, Robin, Baxter, Scout, Sawyer, Parker, Drew, Jesse, Seeley, Ellis/Ellison, Bryce, Julian, Adrian, Gabriel, Tate, Jensen, Constantine, Baylor, Lincoln, Paxton, Miles, Camden, Dexter, Cory, Cooper, Curtis, Howard, Sutton
Either: Riley, Murphy, Baker, Lennox, Regan, Bolivia, Taylor, Rory






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