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Ellie2023 · 28/07/2023 07:32

What are your favourite gender neutral names? What are your thoughts on the names below? Please can you rank them from your most to least favourite?

Rowan
Wren
Robin
Frankie
Stevie
Sidney

Thank you!

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SayingwhatIreallythink · 28/07/2023 07:34

Used to love them, wouldn’t do it now due to gender ideology

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FloofCloud · 28/07/2023 07:39

Cameron
Remy

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EugeneEufy · 28/07/2023 07:44

Same as @SayingwhatIreallythink. I really wanted to call my DD Jaime but glad I gave her an obvious ‘girl’ name now although she wishes I’d gone with it!

I wouldn’t say Wren would work for a boy, I love Rowan, Robyn/Robin also.

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AnxiousShep · 28/07/2023 07:44

Why do you want people to rank them?

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Ellie2023 · 28/07/2023 07:48

Thanks so much for your responses so far! @AnxiousShep we’re working on our current shortlist and would love to hear people’s thoughts on the names/ favourites from our list

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RoseBucket · 28/07/2023 07:51

I like Frankie and Stevie from your list. I think Ashley and Andie could also be an option?

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FoodFann · 28/07/2023 07:54

IMO:
BOYS
Rowan - fave for a boy
Sidney - boys name, least fave
GIRLS
Wren - girls name, least fave for girls
Robin - fave for a girl
NOT NAMES
Frankie - not a real name
Stevie - not a real name

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RubyWedding · 28/07/2023 07:57

I hate Stevie and Frankie with a passion, boys or girls. Awful names.

Wren is surely a girls' name? Sidney surely for boys? (my grandad was a Sid and you wouldn't find more of a man's man than him!).

I have known a couple of Robins / Robyns (female) but for a boy, Robin sounds very dated and rather wet (I'd put it in the same bracket as Timothy; the shortening is ok but the actual name I'm not keen on). Much prefer Robyn for a girl.

Rowan is my favourite of the bunch if I have to pick just one name from the list for a child of either sex, but it wouldn't be high on my list overall.

I think maybe I'm not really a fan of gender neutral names in general. I like strong names and they tend to be a bit wishy-washy, neither one thing nor the other.

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salamithumbs · 28/07/2023 08:19

I like Robyn and Wren for a girl but Wren on a boy seems quite feminine to me. I like Frankie for a boy and Rowan is nice for either! Not a fan of Sidney or Stevie, sorry!

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GlitteringUnicorn · 28/07/2023 08:21

Alex
Charlie

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salamithumbs · 28/07/2023 08:22

Just to add, I like Alex and Charlie for both girls and boys but I'd put Alexandra/Charlotte on the birth cert for a girl.

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Mumofgirls2017 · 28/07/2023 08:24

Rowan 
Wren
Robin
Frankie 
Stevie 
Sidney 

rowan
sydney- spelled like this
wren- prefer for girl
stevie- prefer for girl
robin
frankie

i like

quinn
river
dylan
ellis
Eden
remy
rio
phoenix

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Jackonary · 28/07/2023 09:12

Rowan is the only one I really like from your list. Sorry !

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DuchessOfSausage · 28/07/2023 09:31

Rowan - like but it's far more popular for boys
Robin - not sure if I like it
Stevie - ok, but Evie is very popular, seems dated for a boy
Sidney - not keen
Frankie - don't like it
Wren - dreadful

Rowan is the only one I'd consider

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user1492757084 · 28/07/2023 11:57

All Gender names ..
Dale
Lindsay
Alex
Quinn
Robin
Pat
Cecil
Sage
Jade
Morgan
Riley
Paisley

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DuckIings · 28/07/2023 12:00

I love Frankie short for Francesca.

don’t like the rest.

I do like unisex nicknames like:
Sam
Alex
Max
Jo(e)

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RuthW · 28/07/2023 12:22

Sidney/Sydney at the top. Rest at the bottom

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TrueScrumptious · 28/07/2023 12:23

Rowan is the only usable one.

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DinaofCloud9 · 28/07/2023 12:25

Rowan and Robin are nice.

I don't think Wren works for a boy at all plus it's an awful name jmo.

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strongcupofTea · 28/07/2023 12:53

Sorry I don't really like any of those names to be honest. They sound pretentious

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continentallentil · 28/07/2023 12:54

Robin - love it and prefer this spelling for both sexes
Sydney - really nice and I’d probably go with this as less popular than Robin
Stevie - I like it as a nn but I do think it needs Stephen/Stephanie as a full name.
Frankie - I like it but I think it needs Francis/Franklin or Frances/Francesca as a full name
Rowan - I like it but it’s done to death
Wren - I don’t like it and it’s very much a girls’ name

Arran?

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AdaColeman · 28/07/2023 12:55

I've got mixed feelings uon gender neutral names tbh, they often seem more like gender confused names to me. For instance Wren seems more feminine and Robin more male to me.
I quite like Sidney/Sydney for a boy, but would spell it Cydney for a girl.

Other names I think would work are Lee/Leigh, Ashley/Ashleigh, Elliot, and I like Claude for a boy or girl.

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continentallentil · 28/07/2023 12:56

strongcupofTea · 28/07/2023 12:53

Sorry I don't really like any of those names to be honest. They sound pretentious

How in the world is Robin or Rowan or Frankie pretentious? They are all very popular. As has Stevie been in the past.

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WhenSomedayComes · 28/07/2023 12:59

I’ve only ever known Wren as a boy’s name but perhaps it would work for a girl too. After all, you do get female wrens! It’s the nicest on your list OP imo.

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ZacharinaQuack · 28/07/2023 13:01

I would use Rowan for a girl and Robin for a boy.

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