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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 names. In other countries or cultures, social norms oppose such names and transgressions may result in discrimination, ridicule, and psychological abuse. Names may have different gender connotations from country to country or language to language. For example, the Italian male name Andrea (derived from Greek Andreas) is understood as a female name in many languages, such as English, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Spanish. Parents may name their child in honor of a person of another sex, which – if done widely – can result in the name becoming unisex. For example, Christians, particularly Catholics, may give a child a second/middle name of the opposite sex, e.g. name a son Marie or Maria in honor of the Virgin Mary or formerly Anne for Saint Anne; or name a daughter José in honor of Saint Joseph or Jean in honor of John the Baptist. In the United States, one popular names website considers a name unisex if Census Bureau and Social Security Administration data shows a name is assigned to a particular gender less than 95 percent of the time. Some masculine and feminine names are homophones, pronounced the same for both sexes but spelled differently. These names are not strictly unisex names. African Unisex names of African origin include: East Africa Alemayehu Berhane South Africa Kagiso Karabo Tshepiso (promise) Lerato (love) Puleng Mogau/Magao Lebogang Mpho Lesedi Kabelo Nonkululeko Zimbabwe Shona, a Bantu group in Zimbabwe, have unisex names which may indicate the circumstances of the baby or the family during the time of the birth. All Shona names have a meaning, some also celebrate virtue or worship God. West Africa Abimbola Ade Anan Ayo Chidi Chike Dayo Efe Tolu Nana Imani Ekei Bassey Offiong Obo Ife A Nigerian given name meaning 'Love'. Asian Arabic Armenian Arshaluys (Արշալույս) Artsvik (Արծվիկ) Nairi / Nayiri (Նաիրի, Նայիրի) Hayastan (Հայաստան) Chinese Chinese given names are composed of 1–3 Chinese characters, with the exception of non-Han ethnic groups who sometimes choose to use their native naming traditions instead and transliterate their names to Chinese for legal registration, often ending up in very long Chinese full names. Some characters have masculine connotations tied to them, some have feminine connotations, and some can be fully gender-neutral or will only gain a masculine/feminine leaning when paired with another character that has a specific leaning. Some Chinese given names may have the same pronunciation, but use different characters associated with different genders to give the name a gender association. Hebrew Many of the modern Hebrew names have become unisex and are suitable for both boys and girls. Some popular examples are: Indian languages Many Indian names become unisex when written with Latin characters because of the limitations of transliteration. The spellings Chandra and Krishna, for example, are transliterations of both the masculine and feminine versions of those names. In Indian languages, the final a in each of these names are different letters with different pronunciations, so there is no ambiguity. However, when they are seen (and usually, spoken) by someone unfamiliar with Indian languages, they become sexually ambiguous. Other Indian names, such as Ananda, are exclusively or nearly exclusively masculine in India, but because of their a ending, are assumed to be feminine in Anglophone societies. Nehal, Sonal, Sonu, Snehal, Niral, Pranjal and Anmol are used commonly to name baby boys or girls in western states of India such as Gujarat. Similarly, names like Kajal, Sujal, Viral, Harshal, Deepal, Bobby, Mrinal, Jyoti, Shakti, Nilam, Kiran, Lucky, Ashwini, Shashi, Malhar, Umang, Shubham and Anupam are also very common sex-neutral names or unisex names in India. Most Punjabi Sikh first names such as "Sandeep, Gurdeep, Kuldeep, Mandeep", "Surjeet, Gurjeet, Kuljeet, Harjeet, Manjeet", "Harpreet, Gurpreet, Jaspreet, Kulpreet, Manpreet", "Prabhjot, Harjot, Gurjot, Jasjot" and "Sukhjinder, Bhupinder, Jasbinder, Parminder, Kulvinder, Harjinder, Ranjodh, Sheeraz, Hardeep, Kirandeep, Sukhdeep, Govindpal, Encarl, Rajan" are unisex names and equally commonly given to either sex. Also, names derived from Dari Persian and Arabic, but not used among native speakers of those languages, are common among South Asian Muslims. Since Persian does not assign genders to inanimate nouns, some of these names are gender-neutral, for example Roshan, Hitesh, Sudesh, Parveen, and Insaaf. Indonesian Dian: lamp Eka: first born Nana Japanese Despite there being only a small number of Japanese unisex names in use, unisex names are widely popular. Many high-profile Japanese celebrities such as Hikaru Utada, Jun Matsumoto, Ryo Nishikido, and Izumi Sakai have unisex names. Many of the entries in the following list, in Roman characters, each represent more than one name, with different meanings, which are often distinguished by the use of different kanji characters. Nicknames Unisex names may also be used as nicknames. For example, a man named Ryounosuke and a woman named Ryouko may both use the unisex name Ryou as a nickname. Kazakh Unisex names in Kazakhstan are not seldom. About 500 000 (3.9%) Kazakh people in Kazakhstan have 294 Unisex names with 10% threshold. Korean All Korean names are unisex (ungendered), but some names are more commonly given to boys and other more commonly to girls. Persian Arya Azar Dana Nikan Nima Tiam Yara Vietnamese Among modern Vietnamese names, unisex names are very popular. Vietnamese people may distinguish unisex names by middle names. For example, Quốc Khánh may be a male name (Quốc is a male name) and Ngân Khánh may be a female name (Ngân is a female name), and sex-specific middle names such as Văn for males and Thị for females also help. In many cases, a male could have a female name and vice versa. Popular examples of unisex names in Vietnamese are: Anh (beautiful, outstanding, hero) An (safe and sound) Bình (peaceful) Châu (pearl) Dương (light, sun) Giang (big river) Hà (river) Hải (sea) Khánh (joyful celebration, bell) Linh (divinity, essence, spirit, soul) Nhân (kindness, humanity) Thanh (clear, pure, distinct, youth, young, cyan) Tú (elegant, talented person) Tường (wise, luck) Sang (bright, luxurious) European Basque Euskaltzaindia, the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language, has a list of unisex names. Some of them are: Alai Amaiur Amets Aran Bidatz Ekai Elur Iraultza Izar Joar Serbo-Croatian Matija (generally male, but female in the Neretva region) Saša (a nickname of Aleksandar/Aleksandra) Vanja Minja Borna .... Discover the Evan Gertis popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Evan Gertis books.