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[Elevendy_Seven]

I've been searching for the perfect baby name, and I've fallen in love with the name Orion. One website I looked at said it could be used for either gender, but I'm not completely sure. Thoughts?

[HxppySxng]

Personally, I think it's more fitting for a boy since Orion, in Greek mythology, was a male hunter.

[Holloway]

I  think because it is still a pretty unique name it's one that people haven't 100% nailed down to a gender but I definitely think that since most of the babies named Orion are boys people will think boy when they hear Orion

[Katie-Nana]

Last year there were 806 baby boys born named Orion in the US.  In addition the name was given to 24 girls.  I wouldn't consider this a 'unisex' name, although it is being used as a girls name. 

[Bunko0]

Orion is very masculine to me.

[haliew]

I definitely think of it as male.

 

I know it's not very close but perhaps you'd like Orianna as a girls' name? 

[Lynn Kathleen]

Orion could work as a girl's name, however, as mentioned above, it is the name of a legendary male hunter/lover of Artemis. The Ryan sound in the name is definitely masculine. Maybe you should go with the feminine version of Oriana/Oriona? (ore-ee-ahn-a) 

I've always loved Oriona

[ambrosia]

It's very boyish, but it is my sister's middle name.

[Marvelous_Things]

I think of it as a boys' name. 

[DanielleH]

I think Orion it's a boy name. However Orianna it's very similar and it's a girl's name.