As an indecisive trans novelist I use… A LOT of names. I think there probably isn’t truly a such thing as a gender neutral name; although interpretation varies across culture and may work out to about 50/50 binary preconceptions, in a cissexist world it’s hard to argue that any name is actually not tied to either package of pre-cut bullshit. That said, the list I’ve been hoarding on my hard drive – from various sources including my own imagination – has a fair number of words that might literally never have been used as names before, and the rest are definitely debatably androgynous, so they get pretty damn close. This is a resource for you! Please feel free to consensually apply these to people/creatures/headmates/characters you know of any gender identity or expression. (But people, please name responsibly – I’m not listing any cultural or religious significances alongside anything below, so it’s up to you to make sure you’re not appropriating anything you have no right to.) Just point people back to this list if they ask you where you found the weird – ahem, cool – name.
Aali
Ab, Abhay, Abisael, Abisai
Accipiter, Achlys, Achyranthes, Acorus, Acris
Adair, Addison, Aderyn, Adler, Adli, Adri, Adrian, Adriax, Adriel
Aemilan, Aemilian, Aeon, Aerith, Aeryn, Aether, Aezrian
Aften
Agati, Aggie
Ahri
Aibhne, Ainsley, Aion, Airi, Aisling, Aix
Akili, Akiva
Alaine, Albany, Alden, Alectoris, Alek, Alepis, Alerion, Alexey, Ali, Alick, Alix, Allaiasin, Altair, Alyx
Amarey, Amari, Ames, Amiri, Amithi, Ammi, Ammyrsine, Amory, Amrit, Amsden, Amyr, Amyt
Anabaidh, Anais, Anakin, Anasser, Anasyllis, Andover, Andrey, Andrin, Aneli, Anith, Annalix, Annick, Annis, Annistyn, Anora, Anser, Ansley, Anthelis, Anthyllis, Antrocaryon, Anyt
Apios
Aqura
Aracely, Araquiel, Arbor, Arcadia, Arden, Ardin, Ardn, Ardrey, Ardyn, Arie, Arius, Arkadiy, Arlen, Arley, Arlin, Arlow, Arlyn, Arremon, Arrian, Arrow, Arteom
Asa, Asarum, Ash, Ashen, Ashling, Ashton, Ashtyn, Ask, Aspen, Asphodel, Asten, Astin, Aston
Atalin, Atheran, Athyrium, Atlantis, Atlas, Atlin
Auberon, Aubrey, Auburn, Aubury, Audi, Aurelian, Auren, Auster, Austyn
Avent, Avere, Averell, Averi, Averie, Averil, Averill, Avidan, Avien, Av’ry, Avye
Axyris
Ayan, Aydendron
Azariah, Azriel, Azyrion
Badge, Baez, Baileah, Baird, Bairn, Bako, Ban, Barley, Bats, Bay, Bayleigh
Bean, Beck, Bellamy, Berg, Bergamot, Bergen, Berkeley, Berry, Beryl, Beta, Bevin, Bey
Binder, Binnley, Bins, Binyan, Birch, Bit
Blade, Bladen, Blae, Blaec, Blake, Blaze, Blazen
Bodhi, Booker, Border
Brachyris, Brady, Brahms, Braidbark, Branch, Brayery, Bren, Brend, Brenner, Breslin, Breslyn, Brevin, Breyan, Breydn, Briargate, Bridge, Brier, Brighten, Briley, Brin, Brio, Brisa, Bristal, Bristol, Britain, Britton, Brixtyn, Brookin, Brooklyn, Brych, Bryley, Bryli, Bryre, Brysen, Brystl, Bryum
Burdock, Burren
Cabe, Cadiscus, Cae, Cael, Caelan, Caelum, Caelyn, Cai, Caiya, Caldernon, Calen, Calian, Calidris, Calijah, Calix, Calixter, Calyn, Camdyn, Camphill, Campsis, Campylium, Camryn, Cantalore, Canter, Cantor, Canyon, Caolan, Capparis, Caraway, Carex, Cariad, Carlisle, Carrigan, Carrington, Carys, Cas, Cascade, Case, Casimir, Cass, Cassidy, Castalis, Caster, Castien, Casydi, Catacline, Catkin, Cavalier, Cavan, Caven, Cavin, Cavrell, Cavril, Cayci, Caysie
Cedar, Celastrus, Celtic, Cepphus, Cersei, Cerulean, Cervus, Ceterach, Ceylon
Chael, Chaim, Channary, Channery, Channing, Chanter, Chantry, Charae, Charis, Chasetin, Chasmanthe, Chess, Chestnut, Chetly, Chiridium, Chiro, Chrislan, Chrysaris, Chrysitrix, Chrysopsis
Cicatrix, Cinq, Circus, Cirsium, Citlaly, Cixe
Clay, Clemency, Clever, Cloud, Clove, Clske
Co, Cobalt, Cody, Coen, Colorado, Colt, Colyn, Comet, Comma, Connelly, Conntae, Cor, Cordylin, Core, Corey, Coriander, Corin, Corisand, Corliss, Corr, Corren, Corrin, Cort, Corvus, Cory, Corydon, Corylus, Cota, Couer, Couratari, Coventry
Crax, Creek, Cress, Crew, Crey, Cricket, Crwys
Cua’n, Curio, Curran
Cyan, Cydney, Cypress, Cypringlea, Cyrtonyx, Cytryn
Dae, Daenerys, Dai, Dakota, Dane, Dannely, Darby, Dare, Dariel, Darien, Dark, Darken, Darragh, Dax, Day, Dayl, Dayne
December, Deja, Dell, Delphi, deNimh, Denver, Derry, Desi, Destry, Deve, Devanand, Deven, Devener, Devi, Devin, Devlin, Devrin
Diem, Digby, Digs
Dobry, Donnelly, Dori, Dorian, Dorsey, Dory, Doryxylon, Dov
Draiven, Drake, Drey, Dryden
Dubh, Dubhlin, Dublin, Duff, Dulce, Dune, Dusk, Dusty
Dwyn
Dyli, Dyr
Early, Easton, Eastyn
Eben
Echo, Eclipse, Ectasis
Edge, Edo
Eifel, Eiffel, Eiran, Eiren, Eirly, Eirlys, Eiryn
Elaeis, Elasis, Elbi, Elian, Elichai, Eliel, Elif, Elim, Elior, Elisae, Elisban, Eliseo, Eliyn, Elki, Ellerby, Ellery, Ellinger, Ellington, Ellis, Ellison, Elm, Elther, Elysander, Elysany, Elyx
Emberli, Embry, Emerin, Emerson, Emery, Emileni, Emmer, Emory
Encinas, Endrix, Endy, Endymion, Enfys, Enn, E’nnae, Enskide, Enver, Eny, Enzi, Enzy
Eri, Eridian, Eriodon, Eriope, Erlin, Erlyn, Erryn, Erycor
Esai, Esben, Eskil, Espen, Essery, Essex, Essiver, Estes, Estlin
Etcetera, Etienne
Eurion
Evander, Evelien, Even, Evensong, Ever, Everest, Everly, Everys, Evian, Evin, Evran, Evren, Evrin, Evryn, Evyan, Evyn
Eydie
Ezeryn, Ezri
Fable, Fadhili, Fa’ela’n, Faer, Fain, Fairfax, Fallon, Farin, Faron, Farrell, Farren, Farrin, Farris, Farrow, Farsiris, Favian, Fawks
Feather, Fell, Fen, Fenn, Fennel, Fens, Ferline, Fern, Ferran, Ferrin, Ferris, Feryal
Ffion
Fielding, Fields, Fife, Fifer, Finch, Find, Findias, Fini, Finlay, Finley, Finn, Finnas, Finnick, Finnleigh, Fir
Fjord
Flanneri, Flannery, Flin, Flint, Fliss, Flynn
Forest, Fox
Fray, Frey, Friend, Frost
Fury
Fyfe
Gable, Gael, Gaelin, Gaiadendron, Galaxy, Gale, Galen, Gali, Galway, Gattaca, Gavi, Gavivi, Gavril, Gavrit
Gelly, Gemi, Geo, Geocalyx, Geovany, Gerasim, Germaine, Germayn
Ghislaine
Gianni, Gibbs, Gidget, Gili, Gio, Giovanni, G’lee, Glorian, Gloriyn, Glyn, Glynis
Glacier, Glasgow, Glenne, Glynn
Golden
Grady, Grange, Granger, Gratian, Green, Grey, Grian, Griet, Grove
Gull, Gulley, Guri, Guthrie
Gwylan
Hadley, Hailegiorgis, Hainley, Hake, Halcyon, Hale, Hallidae, Hallow, Hallyen, Halsey, Halyn, Hamish, Hannan, Haney, Hanne, Hannelore, Hanon, Hanoever, Harbor, Harven, Harvest, Harden, Hari, Harlow, Harper, Haven, Hawk, Haydn, Hayli, Hays, Haze, Hazel
Hedley, Heike, Held, Hendrix, Henley, Hevvel, Hexater
Hil’el, Hille, Hiptage, Hiyya
Holderness, Hollis, Horizon, Houstyn
Huckleberry, Hudsyn, Hue
Hyalis
Ibycter
Ichirou
Idalis, Idaly, Idris
Ilex, Ilham, Illyrie, Ilo, Ilori, Ilse, Ily, Ilys, Ilysanthes
Imani, Imaran, Imri
Inali, Inci, Inter, Indigo, Indivar, Indry, Ingalill, Innes, Innis
Ioannis, Iolani, Ion, Iorwen
Iphigeny
Ira, Ire, Iren, Iresine, Irie
Isa, Isai, Isha, Ishi, Isi, Isley, Iso, Isra, Isran, Issy
Ives, Ivory, Ivrit
Ixanthus
Izalan, Izzy
Jabre, Jace, Jacey, Jackory, Jacoby, Jaddet, Jadyn, Jae, Jael, Jagged, Jagger, Jai, Jalani, Jalen, Jalil, Jame, Janli, Jannik, Jarel, Jarrell, Jase, Jaser, Jasiri, Javes, Jax, Jaxx, Jayce, Jayme, Jaymes
Jem, Jenetxis, Jenneky, Jenner, Jennyl, Jeobanny, Jerrin, Jess, Jessamy, Jesse, Jessen, Jessup, Jet, Jeven, Jewelian
Jhamay, Jamee’, Jhames
Jibri
J’lani, J’lyon
Jody, Joely, Jolyon, Jorah, Jordy, Jori, Jorn, Jorryn, Jory, Jourdan, Jovany, Joveny
J’ten
Jules, Junaiad, Juniper, Juriaan, Jurrijn, Justice, Justus
Jyliah, Jynx
Kadri, Kadrian, Kaede, Kael, Kai, Kail, Kailish, Kalan, Kalish, Kalle, Kallen, Kalli, Kalliyan, Kalonie, Kalyco, Kalyn, Kane, Kaori, Karaoc, Kare, Karik, Kasi, Kasye, Katrien, Kaveri, Kavi, Kayin, Kaylor, Kaysen, Kayson, Kaz, Kazumi
Kea, Keah, Keaton, Keats, Keelan, Keelty, Keften, Kegan, Kei, Keilan, Keilyn, Keladry, Kelby, Kele, Kelis, Kelton, Kempe, Kemy, Kendall, Kendi, Kendril, Kenji, Kennedy, Kennydi, Kenyon, Kenzie, Kern, Kerr, Kerst, Kester
Khari, Khiax
Kiah, Kiekelie, Kiet, Kiffen, Kilyan, Kindle, Kindred, Kingsleigh, Kinion, Kinley, Kinsley, Kinta, Kipp, Kirby, Kiril, Kirsi, Kistna, Kit, Kitt, Kiva, Kiya, Kiyo
Kjarr
Klei
K’nai
Kofi, Kopin, Koren
K’saiah
Kyan, Kyarr, Kye, Kylan, Kylen, Kyler, Kylum, Kyndle, Kyoto, Kyran, Kyrie, Kyriel
Lachlan, Lachlyn, Lael, Laik, Lake, Lakin, Lan, Lanai, Landri, Landry, Langdon, Langley, Langston, Lapis, Laramie, Larimar, Larimer, Lark, Larken, Larkspur, Lathyros, Latif, Lavan, Lave, Laventry, Laxmi, Lazuli
Leaf, Leal, Learner, Leatrix, Ledikyl, Legend, Leif, Leighn, Leighton, Leik, Leil, Leith, Lennon, Lennox, Lepyrodon, Leryn, Leva, Leve, Leven, Lex, Leyo
Li, Liatris, Lichen, Liev, Lilike, Linden, Lirit, Liryel, Lisle, Litzi, Lizeth
Lluvy
Loc, Locksley, Loften, Logan, Loic, Loki, London, Londyn, Lore, Loring, Lorne, Lova, Lowery, Lowri, Lowry, Loxley, Loxocalyx
Luca, Lucer, Lufti, Lumen, Lusik
Ly, Lychnis, Lycoris, Lydian, Lygos, Lyle, Lynley, Lynx, Lyr, Lyre, Lyric, Lyris, Lysis, Lyss
Mabli, Mabry, Macaiah, Mack, Mackenzie, Maclay, Mad, Madden, Madigan, Madison, Mael, Maeli, Maelorn, Maeryn, Magaly, Mailler, Maitland, Mako, Makota, Makoto, Malachite, Malak, Malako, Malin, Maliny, Malloryn, Mallow, Mansa, Manuka, Manyiten, Marcin, Marije, Marin, Marisol, Marixa, Marlen, Marlin, Marlow, Maro, Mars, Marsh, Matisse, Maur, Mayes, Maylin, Mays, Maysen
McCae, McCai, McKinley
Meabh, Mead, Meadown, Meander, Meilyr, Meine, Meja, Mel, Melisandre, Melivan, Melonias, Mender, Mer, Merari, Mercer, Mercier, Mercury, Mercy, Mere, Meridian, Merle, Merridy, Merrival, Mesynium, Meta, Meteor, Metz
Mica, Micah, Mick, Mihaley, Mikko, Miko, Milan, Milek, Mili, Millet, Millow, Mils, Milne, Mink, Minx, Mirit, Mirr, Misa, Misae, Misael, Mischa, Miska, Mist, Mistyllus, Mitra, Mitthyridium, Mix
Mladen, M’lani
Mobley, Moeli, Moke, Monaco, Monahan, Monserrat, Montalvo, Morag, Morey, Mosa, Mosi, Moss
Muir, Murchad
Mykelti, Myricanthe, Myriodon, Myriopteron, Myrrhidiium, Myrrhis, Mythri
Nalin, Name, Nao, Naoki, Naolin, Nat, Navali, Navy, Navya, Nayan, Nayeli, Nazli
Nenetl, Neo, Nequiel, Nery, Nerys, Nevada, Neve, Nevi
Nhi, Nhym
Nico, Night, Niko, Nikri, Niks, Nils, Nir, Niran, Niv, Nix, Nixi
N’Lani
Nnomi
Noble, Noe, Noely, Nor, Norrie, North, Nostelis, Nova, November
Nym, Nyr, Nyro, Nyx
Oak, Oakley, Oaklin, Oaks
Ober, Oberon
Odaliz, Odalys, Ode, Odell
Ofra
Olavi, Oleander, Olin, Ollie
Omarian, Omega, Omri, Onni, Onofre
Onix, Onyx
Ora, Oracle, Oran, Oren, Orenthel, Ori, Orian, Oriel, Orien, Orion, Orit, Orli, Ornition, Orom, Oromi, Orrin, Ortalis, Oryx, Oryxis
Ozzie
Pace, Pacey, Padget, PAge, Painter, Paityn, Paks, Pali, Pallavi, Palmer, Palti, Panya, Paratyl, Parham, Pariti, Park, Parker, Parks, Parrish, Pascal, Pascale, Pasquel, Pax, Payson, Payton, Paz
Pebbles, Pemberley, Pen, Penn, Pentake, Pepper, Peri, Peridot, Peristrophe, Perrin, Perry, Persea, Pesci, Petalonyx, Peylan, Peyson, Peyton
Pfeiffer
Phaelan, Phialis, Philemon, Philydor, Phoenix, Phyre
Picris, Pidgin, Pieris, Pigeon, Pinn, Piper, Piperel, Pirro, Pitch, Pitkin
Pleiades
Po, Poe, Poem, Poet, Polaris, Porter
Prairie, Press, Priel, Priti, Proteus
Psora
Pteri, Ptolemy
Pyper, Pyralis, Pyxidium
Qaden, Qadr, Qaelan, Qama, Qamra, Qantay, Qasim, Qays
Quant, Quaint, Quasar, Quell, Quest, Quetzali, Quillan, Quillon, Quimby, Quin, Quince, Quincy, Quinlan, Quinn, Quiscalus
Raeli, Rafferty, Raiden, Raimi, Rain, Rainer, Rainier, Rais, Raith, Raleight, Ramplin, Ranger, Rasha, Rasmus, Rasul, Rathkea, Rav, Raven, Ravi, Raviv, Raz
Read, Reading, Rebel, Red, Redd, Reed, Rei, Reilly, Rein, Reine, Remi, Ren, Render, Renly, Renn, Renske, Reva, Revel, Revelin, Reven, Revlan, Rey, Reyn, Reynes
Rhet, Rhett, Rhodax, Rhodri, Rhory, Rhydian, Rhylee, Rhys
Ridan, Ridhi, Ridley, Riely, Riggs, Riley, Rilke, Rin, Rinny, Rinstree, Ripley, Rishi, River, Riya, Riyaan
Ro, Roam, Roan, Robin, Rocket, Roep, Rogue, Rohan, Romy, Roni, Rook, Rory, Rothko, Rowen
Rui, Rune, Runes, Ruiqi, Rumi, Ruskin
Ry, Rye, Rylan, Ryleigh, Ryls, Ryn, Ryne, Ryo
Sable, Sabre, Sabri, Sabriel, Sachet, Saeran, Saeyeon, Saffron, Sage, Saghaley, Sahalie, Said, Sailor, Sailyr, Sakai, Sakari, Sakhr, Salali, Salaxis, Salem, Salish, Sam, Samhain, Sami, Sanne, SAni, Sanvi, Saoirse, Sar, Sarayi, Sascha, Satchel, Sauts, Savien, Savin, Savir, Sawyer, Sayaka, Sayer, Sayler, Saylor, Sayuri, Sayyi
Scanlan, Scien, Scotlyn, Scout, Schuyler, Scytalis
Season, Seda, Selas, Selby, Selbyr, Selene, Selerin, Selke, Selkie, Seneca, Sens, Seoras, Sephor, Sequiel, Sequoia, Sequoyah, Seraphim, Seren, Seris, Seven, Severin, Sevilen
Shadow, Shael, Shai, Shale, Shalin, Shandi, Sharvani, Shasta, Shaye, Shaytawn, Shelby, Shell, Shepry, Sheridan, Shia, Shin, Shinzi, Shire, Shixi, Shore, Shura, Shya, Shyam
Siam, Sian, Siani, Sibley, Sicalis, Sicily, Sidany, Sidhe, Signe, Sigrid, Sikai, Silaine, Sile, Sileas, Sileny, Siler, Silko, Sill, Sills, Silphion, Silvan, Silver, Silvijn, Simme’, Simra, Sinai, Sinclair, Sine, Sinzi, Siobha, Siphanthemum, Siraphat, Siriol, Sirystes, Siv, Sivan, Sixten
Skate, Skylar, Skyler
Slate, Sloan
Snow, Snowfall
Sol, Solace, Solaris, Solber, Soleyrie, Solstice, Sonnagh, Sonnet, Sophar, Sora, Soren, Sorrell, Sotiris
Sparaxis, Sparrow, Spindalis, Spins, Sprig, Spruce, Spyridon, Spyro
Squire
Staebe, Stachys, Starlin, Starling, Stellar, Sten, Steriphe, Sterline, Stev, Stevany, Sthir, Stixis, Storm, Story, Strawn, Strix, Stylan
Sullivan, Sulliver, Sully, Surrow, Sustuli, Sutton
Sy, Syam, Syaoran, Sycopsis, Sydne, Syler, Sylvan, Symmetris, Symphytum, Syms, Synaedrys, Synallaxis, Syshe
Tab, Tackett, Tadhg, Taelan, Tage, Taghen, Tai, Tailler, Tailyn, Taiye, Tal, Talaith, Talen, Tali, Taliesin, Tallys, Talon, Talus, Tam, Tamar, Tamary, Tamas, Tamias, Tamsyn, Tanh, Taran, Tarran, Tarun, Taryn, Tavarain, Tavin, Taye, Taylen, Taylin
Tea, Teagan, Teague, Teak, Tealy, Teleri, Temba, Tenaris, Tendai, Tender, Tenley, Tenn, Tennyson, Terik, Terran, Terre, Tersie, Tersis, Teshi, Tesla
Thames, Theo, Tehoren, Thessaly, Thian, Thierry, Thistle, Thy, Thylestrist, Thomomys, Thyridium
Tiaris, Tier, Tiernan, Tierney, Tilde, Timber, Timbre, Timofay, Tinsley, Tippeny, Tison
Tobin, Tobit, Torilis, Torn, Toviel
Trae, Traven, Tress, Trevain, Trevelian, Trevyn, Treyden, Trian, Trigby, Trilby, Tripteris, Trisk, Tristany, Tristemon, Tristerix, Tryp
T.S.
Tuli, Tully, Tulsi, Tuppence, Turlough, Tursi
Twm, Twyl
Tye, Tylie, Tyns, Tyr, Tyris
Umber, Umbre
Uptynn
Uri, Uriah
Utah
Vail, Vale, Valen, Valerian, Valiant, Valo, Varian
Vega, Venvolian, Veradis, Verdi, Verse, Vesper
Victorin, Vin, Vine, Viserys, Vitaliy
Vrai
Walden, Waverly, Wavery
Wen, Westlin, Westlyn, Westry
Whisper, Whit, Whym
Wilde, Wilder, Willemy, Willoughby, Windelsor, Wing, Winter, Withershins
Wren
Wylie, Wyntreaux, Wytt
X
Xadrian, Xammy, Xanthe, Xavian
Xynn
Xiclaly, Xiphidium
Xylon, Xyrias, Xyridion
Yale, Yardley, Yasi, Yavesly
Yorixy, Yoshi
Yule, Yuri
Yvian
Zaal, Zammi, Zandophen, Zaraiah, Zariel
Zedhryx, Zell, Zenith, Zentavious, Zephyrin, Zeren
Zinc, Zippery, Ziraeli
Zur, Zuri
Zytaveon
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