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Find unisex names used across several cultures, each scored for how well it travels between languages and flagged where its gender flips.
The Gender Neutral Name Finder lists names already used for more than one gender across 31 naming traditions, and scores each out of 100 for how well it travels between languages. The score awards 5 points per tradition the name is used in (up to 25), 20 for staying within six letters, 20 for containing no aspirated digraph, 20 for no run of three or more consonants, and 15 for ending in a vowel or in n, r, l or y. Names whose gender flips between languages — Andrea, Jean, Sasha, Nikita, Ariel — carry a note saying which way round.
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Portability is computed from length, sound clusters and how many traditions already use the name.
Names that switch gender across borders are labelled rather than quietly listed as neutral.
Where a name means different things in different traditions, both senses are given.
Short names already in use across several language families score highest here — Kai, Noor, Nico, Robin, Alex, Aman, Ariel and Kiran all reach 85 or above. They are five letters or fewer, contain no aspirated consonants and end in a vowel or in n, r or l.
Andrea is masculine in Italy and feminine in English and German; Jean is masculine in France and feminine in English; Sasha and Nikita are masculine in Russia and feminine in India and the West; Ariel is masculine in Israel and largely feminine in English since 1989.
Yes. Kiran, Jyoti, Aman, Anmol, Nayan and Amrit are all used for any gender in North India, and Punjabi compound names ending in -preet and -jot — Harpreet, Manpreet, Gurpreet, Navjot — are neutral by construction. In Tamil, Anbu, Inba, Ezhil and Mathi work the same way.
Rarely for the name itself, since forms record gender separately. The practical issues are automated systems that infer a title from the given name, and travel documents where the name on the ticket must match the passport exactly — check spelling consistency rather than worrying about neutrality.