gender neutral names

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305 names · Page 6 of 6. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Xuyên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 川.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Yui

Borrowed from Japanese ゆい (Yui).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Zion

From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely…

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Zohran

Uncertain. Likely a transliteration of Urdu زُہْران (zuhrān), or possibly ظُہْرَان (zuhrān)—both of Arabic origin, but most likely from Arabic زهران (“bright”) and Arabic…

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Zuri

Borrowed from Swahili zuri (“good”).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I