My favorite is Morgan. My daughter is adopted from China and when I received her picture, it did not scream one gender. I thought she looked like a Morgan. But I went with my original name choice Amanda (worthy of love), and decided to let her grow into it, which she did.
SJ, have you ever done a baby name list based on the Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources? It’s a compilation of medieval given names from documents and literature and I sure you could find some really incredible ones in there!
Here in the states, Chris and Jordan may likely have made that list. My beautiful 16 month old grandson is Riley! My daughter recently did a search and found that Riley is now much more popular for girls than boys. This was a fun list! Thank you SJ.
@@MsBianca78 I added these to the list bc I actually know both guys and girls with these names and I think it suits all of them very well🤷🏼♀️ just depends on the person I guess
I find it interesting how the name Angel is consider a like a "girls" name, in english speaking countries. I'm from Puerto Rico, and here also spelled Angel, read like ann-he-l (the same 'he' sound you make saying hello), is a common "boys" name.
I love the name Robin and I always have! I considered changing my name to robin for a while but unfortunately my last name is Williams and so that would not really work 😂
Our newest little week old is a Blake Riley (girl) and our oldest is a Harper, we only consider gender neutral names! Wren is one of my top name but the partner wasn't having it 💛
Noor has the same meaning in Arabic as well and it's gender neutral too! Also, Zain which means beauty in general and goodness or a beautiful good guy. The more feminine form is Zaina. And Ward (pronounced with a short vowel like Wrd) and it has two meanings, flowers or lion.
My parents stumbled upon gender neutral names when my legs were crossed in the ultrasound! They picked Ryan to have a name for either boy or girl and when I was a girl they spelled Rhyan:) I love gender neutral names, and surprisingly Rhyan as a girls name has never been something weird for me growing up as most people really like it!
You should do a video about names inspired by birds, if you don’t have it already ☺️ I have a baby boy named Finch, and I’d love to see a long list of names x
Thank you, it suits him well although sometimes I screams like an eagle 🦅🤣 Can’t believe I missed the bird name video, I’ll catch up. Would love a part 2 then 😍
I knew 3 sisters who all had had gender neutral names picked out on purpose: Jordan, Alex and Corey. I had never thought of corey for a girl before but it really suited her. My two kids both have gender neutral names, but actually by accident! Frances and Laurie
@@eiracapelan8808 ah thank you! Yes I love Laurie it's so classic and literary but feels cute and modern too. My daughter is known as Francie which I preferred to Frankie, it also feels more unusual and really suits her cheeky nature.
Wow there are a lot of my faves on here! We have Wren (girl) and Quinn (boy, middle name), was going to be my little girl's first originally. We also considered Blake (girl) and Eden (girl), and Robin (boy). I love Rowan for girl but we have Lowen with the "en" (boy). With the "en" it's a lion and with the "an" it is an Australian bird. Beau is one of our Angel babies. I also love Reign, River, Avery, Aubrey, Noa, Noor, Sydney and Phoenix :) Also Indigo!
Aww love this list! Always loved gender neutral names so when I had my little boy we named him Remy Cove so naturally Remy is my favourite 🥰😍 it suits him perfectly 🤍 xx
My favorites are Wren, Quinn, Rowan, Riley, and River. I'm currently 13 1/2 weeks pregnant & recently found out were having a boy. We've decided to name him River Solomon 💙💙💙
My favs on this list are reign, Casey, Taylor, Morgan, wren, beau, Eden, Blake, Rowan, Riley, Frankie If I was rating the ones I like on this list 10, Blake 9, Frankie 8, Eden 7, rowan 6, Taylor 5, Morgan 4, Riley 3, wren 2, Casey 1, beau My fav gender neutral names are Hollis, lux, Lennox, Parker, lark, Lennon, Carter, Mackenzie, reese, Clark/e, Elliott My all time 5 fav gender neutral are and in my top 20 names is 1. Hollis, 2. Beau, 3. Lark, 4. Mackenzie 5, Parker/Carter
My favourite name types are nature and angel names (people always joke I should love the name Metatron then lmao) but I mean like Micheal, Raphael, Sabriel, Saraphiel, etc.
My whole life I’ve been expecting my name Stevie to have a surge in popularity, with the move towards gender neutrality but it just never seems to happen! My names I would add for this list are: Teddy Lennon Kennedy Shay/shae Ace Wren Devon Fox Harrison Spencer Navy James Layton Blue Cameron Camden Bowie Phoenix Eli Bellamy Rey Grey Ash/Asher Shiloh Vann Winter Tate Addley Levi Cohen Knox Maddox Aspen Forrest Serren Haven Kinley Asa Wilder Beckett/Beck Zenn Indie Blythe Farryn Cyrus Corbyn
It’s always been on my list for the neutral aspect and the rock and roll heritage ... With Billie, Frankie etc coming up I think Stevie has to be next. Have you liked your name growing up and stuff?
@@aliceprobably yes I have long loved my name which is Marie. I am named after my grandmother who died in 1958. I do love gender neutral names though, especially *Nur* and *Leith*
@@aliceprobably I absolutely loved my name, I would use it for my children if it wasn't my name already! People love to make connections to Stevie Nicks and I love that!
In my family, all the girls happen to have gender neutral names (total coincidence). My Grandma is Kris, my aunts are Jo and Nick, my cousin is Robyn, my mum is Phil and I’m Charlie. When I have children if ones a girl I’m definitely continuing this tradition!
I'm quite surprised that Mackenzie isn't on this list! Maybe it's further down in the top 50, I'll have to go take a look. My favorite out of these is Avery!
I’m in the UK and know loads of girls named Charlie, however they’re all around 10 now so maybe there’ll be a reboom in the UK for newborns somewhen if it’s trending in the States!
We are calling our baby Vaeda. If they are boy or girl. It originally was a boys name but now more associated with girls. I love it for both ❤️ our favourite name
I wonder if the popularity of Georgie was at all influenced by the recent film It, from the Stephen King novel? Georgie is such a cutie pie little boy, the little brother of a main character, but has a sad story :( I first read the book 30 years ago when I was in junior high school, and I actually love the name because of him!
just me as a 21 watching her congratulate me on my nonexistent pregnancy. anyone else here because they just love names and want ideas for future babies?
SJ, any plans for baby names that are 5 letters?! 5 letter boy names are hard! My son (Kyler), husband (Chase) and I (Grace) are all have 5 letters and we are itching for a baby #2 with 5 letters! It was a coincidence and now we want to stick to it haha
My name is Sydney and my older sister is a Morgan and i find it funny that my mom gave both her girls gender neutral names and they’re both on this list
My daughter’s name is Harley and I’m obsessed with it. I also love the name Quinn but I feel like I can’t use it now for my next baby because of the character Harley Quinn😩
RoWan too similar to RoMan - both names really popular now and get muddled up all the time as lots of babies with either name. Both Rowan and Roman racing up the top 100, jump many places each year. Too trendy now sadly.
Oh yes!! Didn't even know this was the list I was looking for but this is really up my street! Think it makes the names more versatile and puts less pressure on the little ones :')
Here in the stare of Indiana, we pronounce Milan as My-lun. My brother-in-law is named Robin and he is about 55. I’m pretty sure that it became popular from the Batman TV show in the late 60s and 70s. It is cool how names make their rounds!!! 😃
So I know you've done your fair share of botanical and nature lists, but something I would love to see very specifically is floral names for boys. Not just general nature or plant names but flowers or names with floral meanings specifically. And in the spirit of your, "not the top 10 middles names" I would love to see some other lists built around choosing a middle name. Like a, "middle names that sound perfect with any first" with names that seem to balance or fit a wide variety of styles. I often see people get caught up on middle names because they get very concerned with the cadence or flow of the name combination, or because they're struggling to feel like the name combination feels balanced. It's so funny but I love more typically feminine coded names for girls but love softer gender neutral names for boys. Most of the names on this list that I really like, Sidney/Sydney, Angel, Morgan, Remy, Aubrey, Bailey, Robin, and Rowan I would only use for a boy. Most of my favorites in general like Bellamy, Vivien, Ariel, Whitney, Schuyler, Elliott, and Lark are squarely in the boy camp for me. The exceptions here being Noa, Noor, Wren, Georgie, River, Eden, and Frankie. Frankie, Georgie, River, and Eden feel like I would use them for any gender, and Wren, Noor, and Noa I prefer for girls.
@@dmallow22 oh I'll have to look again and find it! I know she's done some soft nature name lists before, I just hadn't seen one that was florals specifically.
I love gender neutral names! I really want to name a daughter Darcy because it's just such a wonderful name. But I also love Remy, Sutton, Emery, Oakley, Sawyer, and Sloane. Not all works that well in Sweden (where I live) but I'm sure that if I have a girl it will be Darcy, Frankie, or Sloane. Love those names. Love Frankie for a boy too,
Idk but im not a fan gender neutral names for boys, but i love them for girls. Im having a girl in November and i was really liking Rowan for her but my husband likes Wren a bit more. So we will most likely go with that. I was trying to get him on bored with Scottie. I love it for a girl.
You could try Skadi, which is pronounced the same. It's not an invented spelling. It's the name of a Scandinavian Goddess associated with winter, skiing, bowhunting and mountains. Skadi Wren would be pretty!
Funny cuz I feel like a lot of names we now consider gender neutral started as boys names. People used them for girls and here we are. But as a society we are less likely to give a boy a name we consider "girlish".
Amari, Noor, Robin, Eden, and Casey are my favorites. Thank you for this list, it is super. Frankie can be short for Francoise in French-speaking places. I LOVE Noor but spelled Nur.
I know 2 Frankies but both are monikers of their registered names (Francesca ♀ and Francis ♂) The Milan I know is pronounced Me-la (n) with just a hint of the n at the end.He is French.
My 2 favourite names that I will one day use (I would choose these names over a partner) are Morghan for a boy (Oggy for short) and Adrienne for a girl (Ren for short)
I've always loved Bailey for a girl! Probably because I met a Bailey who was really lovely. Love that it's both a bit edgy but also soft and sweet in my opinion
my granddaughter's middle name is Morgan, after her mother's surname. My son and his wife chose to be surprised by baby's sex upon delivery, but had chosen the neutral middle name ahead.
Morgan is one of my favorite names. I love it more for a girl as I think its just a bit more different and edgy for a girl. Actually love this list. Sydney is another favorite. I think Place names can honestly work for either a boy or a girl. I have a Boston and I know its been sued as a girl name before same with Brooklyn, Sydney, Milan, Rome etc. Love Avery, Taylor, Casey and Remy. Actually I love most the names of this list haha
I love gender neutral names. love the name Shay. I also love Grayson but it’s too popular for my liking. I recently saw Gracyn for a girl and thought that was cute.
I think most of the names on my baby name list are gender neutral. I’m already pretty sure of first names for my first boy & girl, but may use of the gender neutral names on my list for my first girl’s middle name. My first boy’s middle name will depend on my future husband’s first name, as it’s a tradition on my dad’s side to give the father’s first name as a middle name to the first son in the family.
One off my sons middle names is Hartley that was my grannies brothers name xx my dad was Henry and so my grandad they got Harry lovely names for children now xx
Surprised how many I like! Amari, Avery, Harlow (mum's maiden name is Barlow), Wren, River, Blake, I like 😁 all gender neutral but think still prefer for one particular gender. Like idea of boys name for a girl but also feel I love too many feminine names 🤔 love lots of these for rabbits as well as baby list
Our baby boy is due any time now (36 weeks) his middle name is Kalem one of our good friends passed away (actually on the same day we found out we were pregnant) we’ve been waiting 4 years for baby boy and he was conceived via reciprocal IVF. so far our top two names are Luca and Leo. Any other suggestions?
I am a Morgan - I don’t love my name but I don’t hate it. I wish I had something with meaning a bit more, Morgan is just a random name my parents picked 😅 but I do prefer Morgan for a boy (I am a girl) but it is my name so oh well I don’t really mind I’ve always had it
This is so funny to me. I've always thought it "sounded" masculine and love it for a boy. But I've mostly known girl Morgans and my bfs ex gf is Morgan so it's off the list😭
