Increasingly, parents choose unisex names for their children. There are those who choose it even before knowing the sex of the baby, who prefer not to impose a gender identity on their children related to a boy or girl's name, and of course, also those who choose a unisex name simply because they like how it sounds or its meaning
Unisex names are neutral names or names that are used interchangeably by men and women in different countries. If you prefer a name other than neither boy nor girlwe leave you 51 unisex names for baby That will inspire you.
Types of unisex names
As you can see in the list below, there are different types of unisex names. What we could call genuine, are those that are applicable to men and women in the same language, such as Trinidad or Cruz, although some countries or regions may be more predominant for one of the sexes, such as Guadeloupe.
On the other hand, there are names that are unisex in different languages, that is match in shape but not gender, as is the case of Andrea, male in Italian but female in Spanish. There is also what sounds the same but they are written differently like Gabrielle in French, but Gabriel, masculine, in Spanish.
Especially in countries where there is no specific legislation for the registration of names, it has become fashionable put names that although masculine are used by women or vice versa. It is the case of names in English like Charlie or Jess. To curl the curl more, there are names of brands or weirder things like Instagram filters that parents are inspired to name their babies. Many of them are applicable interchangeably for both sexes.
52 unisex baby names
- Aike: of English origin, means "oak or made of oak"
- Aimar or Aymar: Germanic origin, means "strong house"
- Alex: of Greek origin, diminutive of Alejandro / a, means "the defender"
- Alexis: of Greek origin, diminutive of Alejandro / a, means "the defender"
- Andrea: of Greek origin, means "courage and beauty"
- Andy: of Hebrew origin, means "brave and beautiful"
- Aran: Basque name meaning "valley"
- Ariel: of Hebrew origin its meaning is "lion of God" or "altar of God".
- Akira: of Japanese origin, means "bright"
- Artis: of Scottish origin, means "bear" or "bear"
- Assumption: of Latin origin, its meaning is "assume, attract". More frequently female, but also used for children.
- blue: of Persian origin, like the color of the sky
- Cameron: of Scottish origin, means "crooked nose"
- Charlie: of Germanic origin, means "strong"
- Conception: of Latin origin, related to the Marian invocation of the Immaculate Conception. Name gender: 87% female and 13% male.
- cross: of Latin origin, name in honor of the cross of Jesus.
- Denis: of Greek origin, derived from Dionysius
- Eider: Basque name meaning "beautiful"
- Emo: comes from "emotional" which means emotional. The gender of the name is 14% female and 86% male
- Francis: derived from Francisco or Francisca.
- Gael: of Breton origin, means "powerful", mainly masculine but also used for girls
- Guadeloupe: of Arabic origin, means "river of the wolf". It is generally used for women, but it can also be for men
- Harper: of Anglo-Saxon origin, means "he / she who plays the harp"
- Jade: of Spanish origin, which means "stone from the side" and although it is more used in women, there are also children called Jade.
- Jessie or Jess: of Anglo-Saxon origin, it is used as a diminutive of Jesus.
- Joss: derived from the old German name Josse, which means "champion." Normally feminine, but it can also be a masculine name.
- The sea: comes from Latin and means "Del mar". The gender of the name is 2% female and 98% male.
- Lucian: comes from Latin and is derived from the name Luciano / a, means "born in the light of day"
- Lujan : of Latin origin, Marian invocation of Our Lady of Luján. The gender of the name is 50% female and 50% male
- Marlon: of Latin origin, derived from Marion, a variant of Mary that in turn comes from the Hebrew Miriam
- Milan: of Hindu origin, whose meaning is "union."
- Montserrat: originally, Montserrat was a masculine name and the feminine one was Montserrada ("sawed mountain")
- Morgan: of Welsh origin and means "bright ocean"
- Nain: of Arabic origin, means "of great beauty"
- Naphtali: Hebrew name, which means "to whom God helps in his struggle"
- Noah or Noa: of Hebrew origin, means "rest" or "peace"
- Noel: French origin means "Christmas." Traditionally, children born on December 25 were called that
- Paris: of Greek origin, its meaning is "lover"
- Pau: of Latin origin, variant of Pablo in Catalan and Paz in feminine.
- Peace: from Latin "Pax" means "tranquility, calmness"
- Rene: of Latin origin, means "Born again"
- Kings: Name alluding to the feast of the Epiphany. More frequent in women, but it is also used in men
- Robin: of English origin, diminutive of Roberto or Roberta
- rosary beads: it is usually a woman, but there are countries where it is also used for men
- Trinity: of Latin origin, Christian name, evocative and allusive of the religious mystery of the Holy Trinity
- Tyler: comes from the last name Taylor which means tile manufacturer
- Sanctuary: of Latin origin, means sacred place
- Santana: Its meaning is De Santo and Ana
- Sasha: of Greek origin, means "protector"
- Yael: of Hebrew origin, means "mountain goat"
- Yeray: of Canarian origin, it means "the largest and strongest of the tribe"
- Zuri: Basque name, means "white"
More names for babies
If none of the unisex names convince you, we leave you here more than 100 ideas of boy and girl names, as well as names of very curious animals that you can give your baby.
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