This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is unisex; and the usage is English or American.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Flame m & f English (Rare)From the English word
flame: "a stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire."
Free m & f English (American)From Middle English
free,
fre,
freo, from Old English
frēo (“free”). May also be transferred use of the surname
Free.
Freedom m & f English (Puritan)From Old English
frēodōm, used in reference to the Biblical verse 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The name found a resurgence in usage during the American centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976.
Future m & f English (Rare), Western African, Southern AfricanThis name is from the English word derived from Old French
futur meaning "future, to come," which is then derived from Latin
futurus meaning "going to be, yet to be, the future (as a noun)." The Latin word is an irregular suppletive future participle of
esse meaning "to be," which comes from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bheue- meaning "to be, exist, grow, come into being."... [
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Gale m & f English (Rare), Popular CultureFrom the strong wind. This is the name of a brawler in the game 'Brawl Stars'. He has wind and snow powers, hence the name.
Gallipoli f & m English (Australian)Named for the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, whose name comes from the
Greek meaning "beautiful city". The site of the infamous Gallipoli Campaign during World War I.
Gaynal f & m AmericanFamous bearer is Gaynal Barnes who lived in Virginia in the 1940's through at least 1980.
Gee m & f EnglishNickname for names beginning with the letter G
Genesee f & m EnglishThis is the name of a North American river which flows through western New York and Pennsylvania. Numerous U.S. towns and counties are named after the river.
Genesee is a corruption of
Chin-u-shio, the indigenous Seneca tribe's name for the river valley, originally
Čunehstí•yu• meaning "a beautiful open valley".
Gentle m & f EnglishPossibly from the word "Gentle", used in the beginning of the nouns
gentleman meaning "well-born man, man of good family or birth" or from
gentlewoman meaning "woman of good family or breeding"... [
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Gentry f & m English (American)Transferred use of the surname
Gentry or from the word
gentry, referring to "people of education and good breeding; those people between the nobility and the yeomanry; courtesy; civility; complaisance"... [
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Ghillie f & m Scottish, EnglishThe origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic
gille, "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish
giolla.
Glacier f & m English (Modern, Rare)From the English word "glacier"; in turn from Franco-Provençal
glacier, which is derived from
glace (meaning "ice") and the suffix -ier.
Gloom m & f EnglishA word that means "gloaming, twilight, darkness" from Middle English
gloom, glom, from Old English
glōm.
Glorius m & f English (American, Rare)This name can be a masculinization of
Gloria as well as be a variant spelling of the English word
glorious, which is etymologically related to the aforementioned name.
Glow f & m EnglishFrom English
glow, Old English
glōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch
gloeien and German
glühen.
Hallelujah f & m English (Rare)From the English word
hallelujah, uttered in worship or as an expression of rejoicing, ultimately from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (
halleluyah) meaning "praise ye the Lord."
Halsey m & f EnglishFrom Old English, meaning "from Hal's island". The name is probably given in honour of the American war hero Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959).
Harbor f & m EnglishFrom the English word
harbor, a body of water for anchoring ships, ultimately from the Old English
herebeorg "shelter, refuge". It may also be the transferred use of the surname
Harbor.
Harlequin m & f Popular Culture, English (Modern)Refers to the comedic servant character of Italian
Commedia dell'arte. It is derived (via Old French) from Old English
Herla, a character often identified with Woden.... [
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Harlye f & m EnglishThe meaning of the name is “Hare’s Meadow.” It is a unisex name that is derived from the Old English words hara meaning hare, and Leah, meaning wood.
Hazley f & m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Hazley or combination of the word
haze with common suffix
-ley.
Hecto m & f EnglishHecto, may be from the SI prefix meaning 100.
Heddrik f & m EnglishThis name is probably came from the jewish word
Hed which means "echo"
Helpless m & f English (Puritan)Meaning, "unable to defend oneself or to act without help." Referring to the helplessness of man without God.
Honest m & f English (Puritan), AfricanFrom the English word meaning "honorable, virtuous". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans around the 17th century.
Horizon f & m English (Rare)Late Middle English via Old French from late Latin
horizon, from Greek
horizōn (kuklos) ‘limiting (circle)’.
Humiliation m & f English (Puritan)Humiliation comes from the Latin word
humiliare, which means "to humble." Referring to the humility one must have before God.
Hunny f & m English (Modern, Rare)Variant of
Honey. This spelling appears in the famous children books 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne, not as a name, but a vocabulary word instead written on honey jars.
Iliad f & m English (Rare)Derived from the
Iliad, an ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer.
Illinois m & f American (Archaic)The state is named for the French adaptation of an Algonquian language (perhaps Miami) word apparently meaning "speaks normally" (cf. Miami
ilenweewa, Old Ottawa
ilinoüek, Proto-Algonquian
elen-, "ordinary" and
-we·, "to speak"), referring to the Illiniwek (Illinois) people... [
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Increase m & f English (Puritan)Derives from Middle English 'encrease' with the meaning "to turn greater in number". A famous bearer was Increase Mather, the president of Harvard University in 1685, who was a Puritan minister involved with the Salem witch trials... [
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Irie m & f Jamaican Patois, African AmericanIrie is used in the music and culture of Jamaica. The meaning is to have no worries or be at peace with everything around you. You hear the saying feeling Irie in many Regea songs.
Iroquois m & f English (Rare)This name is derived from the name of a historically and powerful Native American league/confederacy in eastern & north-eastern United States and Ontario in Canada (also known as the Haudenosaunee).... [
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Isley f & m English (Modern)Transferred use of the surname
Isley. This name is pronounced identically to
Eisele, which was used by American country singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum for her daughter born 2013.
Ithaca f & m English (Rare)This name comes from the name of a Greek island, a legendary home of Odysseus, located in the Ionian Sea.... [
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Ivey f & m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Ivey. In the case of the feminine name, it is also considered a variant of
Ivy.
Jacy f & m EnglishPopular in Westerns and Western romances for both male and female, white and Native American characters. It is probably a variant of
Jessie 1 or
Jesse, a name popular in the American West for both men and women.