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A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific ...
Well, you’re not alone: Gender-neutral and unisex baby names are enjoying a significant rise in popularity. (They accounted for almost 15 percent of given baby names in 2022, according to a ...
A unisex name at heart, Frances just narrowly etched the number 10 spot for most popular girl's name of the decade. Francis spelled with an 'I' for boys, ranked number 35.
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
Often, use for one gender is predominant. Also, a particular spelling is often more common for either men or women, even if the pronunciation is the same. Many culture groups, past and present, did not or do not gender their names strongly; thus, many or all of their names are unisex.
This category is for unisex given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language unisex given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Pages in category "Unisex given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 353 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
It is a little confusing because we do refer to the names as unisex names, but unisex just means "not distinguished on the basis of sex". BlankVerse ∅ 13:31, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) Feminists forced the use of the word 'gender' upon us, instead of 'sex', in their usual puritanical bid to render simple human matters political.