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Unisex Names
Names that suit any child, whoever they grow up to be. Unisex names have moved from trend to mainstay — flexible, modern and increasingly the first place new parents look. Each listed with its origin and meaning.
188 names
Ace
Latin / American
Unity, one
Unisex
Ai
Mandarin Chinese / Japanese
Love, affection
UnisexVirtue
Akira
Japanese
Bright, clear, dawn
Unisex
Altair
Arabic
The flying eagle
UnisexCelestialMythological
Aman
Sanskrit / Arabic
Peace
UnisexVirtue
Amari
African / Arabic
Eternal, immortal (Arabic)
UnisexVirtue
An
Mandarin Chinese
Peace, tranquillity
UnisexVirtue
Andromeda
Greek
Ruler of men
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Aoi
Japanese
Blue, hollyhock
UnisexNature
Apollo
Greek
Destroyer, light-bringer
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Aria
Italian / Hebrew
Air
Unisex
Arrow
English (word-name)
A straight, swift thing
UnisexNature
Ashton
Old English
Ash-tree town
UnisexNature
Aspen
American
The aspen tree, and the Colorado mountain town
UnisexNatureBotanical
Atlas
Greek
To carry
UnisexMythological
Aubrey
Old German / French / English
Elf ruler
Unisex
August
Latin
Majestic, venerable
UnisexHistorical
Avery
Old English / French
Ruler of elves
Unisex
Ayo
Yoruba (Nigerian)
Joy
UnisexVirtue
Ayodele
Yoruba
Joy has come home
UnisexVirtue
Ayomide
Yoruba (Nigerian)
My joy has arrived
UnisexVirtue
Bahar
Persian
Spring
UnisexBotanicalVirtue
Bahati
Swahili
Luck, fortune
UnisexVirtue
Bailey
Old English
Bailiff
Unisex
Bodhi
Sanskrit
Awakening, enlightenment
UnisexVirtue
Bowie
Scottish / English
Yellow-haired
Unisex
Bramble
Old English
Wild blackberry bush
UnisexBotanicalNature
Brennan
Irish Gaelic
Sorrow, descendant of Braonán
UnisexHistorical
Briar
Old English
Thorny shrub of wild roses
UnisexBotanicalNature
Brodie
Scottish
From the muddy place
Unisex
Brogan
Irish Gaelic
Sorrow, or sturdy shoe
UnisexNature
Brooklyn
Dutch / American
From the broken land
UnisexHistorical
Cameron
Scottish Gaelic
Crooked nose
Unisex
Cassidy
Irish-American
Curly-haired
Unisex
Charlie
Germanic / English (diminutive of Charles)
Free man
UnisexHistorical
Cove
English (word-name)
A small sheltered bay
UnisexNatureSea
Cruz
Spanish
Cross
UnisexVirtueBiblical
Da
Korean
To attain, many, plenty
UnisexVirtue
Damilola
Yoruba (Nigerian)
God has given me blessing
UnisexVirtueBiblical
Dash
English (Dashiell)
Quick movement
Unisex
Dayo
Yoruba (Nigerian)
Joy has arrived
UnisexVirtue
Delaney
Irish / English
Of the alder grove
UnisexNature
Donovan
Irish Gaelic
Dark warrior
UnisexHistorical
Easton
Old English
East-facing place
UnisexNature
Echo
Greek / English
Reflected sound
UnisexMythologicalSea
Eden
Hebrew / Biblical
Delight
UnisexBiblicalNature
Elliot
English / Scottish
The Lord is my God
UnisexLiterary
Ellis
Welsh / English
Benevolent
Unisex
Emery
Germanic / English
Brave, powerful
Unisex
Eun
Korean
Kindness, mercy, silver
UnisexVirtue
Ezra
Hebrew / Biblical
Helper
UnisexBiblicalLiterary
Femi
Yoruba
Love me
UnisexVirtue
Florian
Latin
Flowering
UnisexHistoricalNature
Greer
Scottish / American
Watchful, alert
UnisexHistorical
Griffin
Welsh
Strong lord, fierce
UnisexMythologicalLiterary
Hamilton
Scottish / American
Crooked hill
UnisexHistoricalLiterary
Haru
Japanese
Spring, or sunlight
UnisexNatureCelestial
Hayden
Old English
From the hay valley
UnisexNature
Hibiki
Japanese
Sound, echo
UnisexLiteraryNature
Hinata
Japanese
Sunny place
UnisexCelestialVirtue
Hollis
Old English
Holly grove
UnisexBotanicalNature
Honor
Latin / English
Honour
UnisexVirtueHistorical
Hunter
Old English
One who hunts
UnisexNature
Hyun
Korean
Wise, virtuous
UnisexVirtue
Ife
Yoruba
Love
UnisexVirtue
Imani
Swahili
Faith
Unisex
Imari
Japanese / African American
Originally a Japanese porcelain town
UnisexVirtue
Indigo
Greek / English
The deep blue dye from India — a colour name of mysterious depth and artistic spirit.
UnisexNature
Itsuki
Japanese
Tree, timber
UnisexNatureBotanical
Jae
Korean
Respect, talent, wealth
Unisex
Ji
Korean
Wisdom, ambition, intellect
UnisexVirtue
Jonah
Hebrew / Biblical
Dove
UnisexBiblicalSea
Joyce
Old French / English
Lord, rejoicing
UnisexLiteraryVirtue
Julian
Latin / Roman
Youthful
UnisexHistorical
Jun
Korean / Japanese
Talented, obedient, handsome
UnisexVirtue
Juno
Latin / English
Queen of the heavens
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Kai
Hawaiian / Norse / Japanese
Sea (Hawaiian)
UnisexNatureMythological
Kaya
Zulu / Japanese / Hopi
Forgiveness, home, or yew tree — beautifully different things in Zulu, Hopi, and Japanese.
UnisexNatureVirtue
Kelechi
Igbo (Nigerian)
Thank God
UnisexVirtueBiblical
Kennedy
Irish Gaelic
Helmeted head
UnisexHistorical
Khari
Swahili
Kingly
UnisexVirtueHistorical
Khorshid
Persian
The sun itself
UnisexCelestialMythological
Kieran
Irish Gaelic
Dark one
Unisex
Kiran
Sanskrit
Ray of light, beam
Unisex
Kit
English
Diminutive of Christopher
UnisexLiterary
Knight
Old English
Knight
UnisexHistorical
Kyung
Korean
Respect, honour, scenery
UnisexVirtue
Lark
Old English
The songbird
UnisexCelestialNature
Li
Mandarin Chinese
Strength, beauty, reason
UnisexVirtueBotanical
Liberty
Latin / English / American
Freedom
UnisexVirtueHistorical
Lin
Chinese
Forest, jade, beautiful
UnisexNature
Logan
Scottish Gaelic
Little hollow
UnisexNature
Lyra
Greek
Lyre
UnisexCelestialMythological
Magnolia
Latin / English
The magnolia tree
UnisexBotanicalNature
Maple
Old English / American
The maple tree
UnisexBotanicalNature
Maren
Latin / Scandinavian
Of the sea
UnisexSeaNature
Marley
Old English
From the marsh meadow
UnisexHistoricalLiterary
Marlowe
Old English
Marsh meadow
UnisexLiterary
Maxime
French / Latin
The greatest
UnisexHistorical
Meadow
Old English / American
Field of grass
UnisexBotanical
Memphis
Greek / American
Enduring and beautiful
UnisexHistorical
Mika
Japanese / Nordic
A cross-cultural short form
UnisexVirtue
Min
Mandarin Chinese / Korean
Clever, quick, sensitive
UnisexVirtue
Ming
Chinese
Bright, clear, brilliant
UnisexHistorical
Misha
Russian
A tender Russian diminutive of Mikhail
UnisexBiblical
Neo
Tswana (Botswana)
Gift
UnisexVirtue
Nima
Persian
Just, fair
UnisexVirtueLiterary
Noor
Arabic
Light
UnisexCelestialVirtue
Nour
Arabic
Light
UnisexCelestialVirtue
Nova
Latin
New
UnisexCelestialMythological
Oakley
Old English
Oak meadow
UnisexNature
Onyx
Greek / English
Polished black stone
Unisex
Parker
Old English
Keeper of the park
UnisexNature
Pax
Latin
Peace
UnisexMythologicalHistorical
Peyton
Old English
From the warrior's settlement
Unisex
Phoenix
Greek / American
The mythic bird reborn from its own ashes
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Porter
Old English / American
Gatekeeper
UnisexLiterary
Presley
Old English / American
From the priest's meadow
UnisexLiteraryHistorical
Quincy
French / American
Fifth
UnisexHistorical
Quinn
Irish Gaelic
Counsel
Unisex
Rafferty
Irish Gaelic
Prosperity wielder
Unisex
Raven
Old English / Norse
The raven — a bird of intelligence, mystery, and wild omens in both Celtic and Norse myth.
UnisexMythologicalNature
Reagan
Irish / English
Little king
UnisexHistorical
Reed
Old English
Red, or by the reed-bed
UnisexBotanicalNature
Reese
Welsh / American
Ardour, enthusiasm
Unisex
Reid
Scottish-American
Red-haired
Unisex
Remy
French / Latin
Oarsman
UnisexHistorical
Ren
Japanese / Chinese
Lotus (Japanese)
UnisexNature
Riley
Irish / Old English
Courageous, rye meadow
Unisex
River
Old French / Latin
One who flows
UnisexSeaNature
Romaine
Latin / French / American
Of Rome
UnisexLiterary
Romilly
French / English
Roman
UnisexLiterary
Rowan
Celtic / Gaelic
Little red one
UnisexBotanicalNature
Rue
Old French / English
Regret, the bitter herb
UnisexBotanicalLiterary
Rui
Mandarin Chinese / Japanese
Auspicious, wise
UnisexVirtue
Ryder
Old English
Horseman, knight
Unisex
Sage
Latin / English
Wise
UnisexBotanicalNature
Sai
Sanskrit / Hindi
Holy one, friend
UnisexVirtueMythological
Sailor
American
One who sails
UnisexSeaNature
Saja
Arabic
Calm, tranquil
UnisexVirtue
Sasha
Slavic / Greek
Defender of men
Unisex
Sawyer
Old English
One who saws wood
UnisexLiteraryNature
Saxon
Old English
Of the Saxons
UnisexHistorical
Sekai
Shona (Zimbabwean)
Laughter (in Shona) or world (in Japanese)
UnisexVirtue
Selene
Greek
Moon
UnisexMythologicalCelestial
Seo
Korean
Calm, auspicious, felicitous
UnisexVirtue
Shan
Mandarin Chinese
Coral or mountain depending on tone
UnisexNatureSea
Sidney
Old English / French
From Saint-Denis
UnisexLiteraryHistorical
Sina
Persian
Noble, chest
UnisexVirtueHistorical
Skye
Scottish
The misty Scottish island, also the open sky
UnisexNatureCelestial
Skylar
Dutch / American
Scholar, shelter
UnisexCelestialNature
Skyler
Dutch / English
Scholar
UnisexNatureCelestial
Sloane
Irish / English
Warrior
Unisex
Soo
Korean
Long life, excellence
UnisexVirtue
Sora
Japanese
Sky
UnisexNatureMythological
Soren
Old Norse / Danish
Stern
UnisexLiterary
Spencer
Old English
Steward, dispenser
UnisexLiteraryHistorical
Sterling
Old English
Of the highest quality
Unisex
Story
Old English
Narrative, history
UnisexLiterary
Sutton
Old English
From the southern settlement
Unisex
Tao
Chinese
Way, path
UnisexVirtueHistorical
Tate
Old English
Cheerful
UnisexLiterary
Tatum
Old English / American
Tate's homestead
Unisex
Tegan
Welsh
Fair, lovely
UnisexNature
Tendai
Shona (Zimbabwean)
Be thankful
UnisexVirtue
Thessaly
Greek
Of Thessaly
UnisexMythologicalLiterary
Tian
Mandarin Chinese
Sky, heaven
UnisexCelestial
Tobi
Yoruba (Nigerian / British)
Great is the Lord
UnisexVirtue
Trey
Latin / Caribbean British
Three
UnisexVirtue
Tuesday
Old English / American
Day of Tiw, the Norse god of single combat
UnisexLiterary
Uche
Igbo (Nigerian)
Wisdom, intention
UnisexVirtue
Valentine
Latin / English
Strong, healthy
UnisexLiteraryVirtue
Vesper
Latin
Evening star
UnisexCelestialMythological
Wei
Mandarin Chinese
Great, valuable
UnisexHistoricalVirtue
Wen
Mandarin Chinese
Literature, culture, refinement
UnisexLiteraryVirtue
Whitney
Old English
White island
Unisex
Wilder
English
Hunter
UnisexNatureLiterary
Winter
Old English
The season of rest and clarity — cold, beautiful, essential.
UnisexNature
Wren
Old English
The tiny bird with an outsized voice — a name of small, fierce beauty.
UnisexNature
Wynn
Welsh
Blessed, fair
UnisexVirtueLiterary
Yael
Hebrew / Biblical
Mountain goat
UnisexBiblicalHistorical
Yoon
Korean
Allow, govern, gentle
UnisexVirtue
Yu
Mandarin Chinese / Japanese
Jade, rain, universe — meanings shift with tone and character
UnisexNatureVirtue
Yuki
Japanese
Snow, happiness
UnisexNature
Zephyr
Greek
West wind
UnisexCelestialMythological
Zhi
Mandarin Chinese
Wisdom, will, intention
UnisexVirtueLiterary
Zion
Hebrew / Biblical
Highest point, sanctuary
UnisexBiblicalVirtue
Zola
Zulu
Calm, quiet
UnisexVirtue
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