The rise of gender-neutral names is notable in the past few years. As such, I have hand-picked 60 gender neutral names that means patience, brave, kindness, benevolent, friend, and more.

Gender Neutral Names That Mean Patience

Galen

Galen means calm, patient, or tranquil and is from the Greek name Galenos.

Stellan

Stellan means “peaceful one” or “calm.” Stellan is used frequently in Sweden.

Sufferance

”Enduring hardship” or ”the power to endure.”

Gender Neutral Names That Mean Brave

Casey

Casey means brave or vigilant. Casey comes from the Irish Gaelic ”cathasaigh.”

Valor

Valor is symbolizing worth, courage, or bravery and has Latin roots.

Orvyn

Orvyn has Old English and Old Norse origins and means brave friend or friend of the boar.

Archie

”Truly brave.” Archie is a diminutive of Archibald which is from Old High German Erkanbald.

Kindness

Merci

Merci is a gender-neutral name of French origin and is meaning a sense of benevolence, kindness, grace, or compassion.

Clement

Clement is the English form of Clementius (Clemens). Clement has a meaning that I love, merciful or gentle. Clement of Rome is the first of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church.

Benevolent

Naeem

Naeem has Arabic origins and means blessing, benevolent, easy, contentment, comfort, or happiness.

Ellis

Ellis also means benevolent and kind in Welsh. It is also rooted in the Hebrew Eliyahu which is symbolizing “my God is Yahweh.”

Friend

Edwin

Edwin means friend or wealthy. Edwin is from the Old English ēad. Edwin of Northumbria was the king of Northumbria.

Alvin

Alvin comes from the Old English name lfwine, meaning ”elf friend” or ”noble friend.” The name is a variation of Elvin, which is popular among Bosniaks.

Amity

Amity has its origins in the Latin word amicus that means ”friend.”

Winfred

Winfred is meaning ”friend of peace.”

Bellamy

Bellamy is gender-neutral and is interpreted as “good friend” or “beautiful friend.” It is from Latin bellus (that means beautiful, fine) and amicus (”friend”).

Ruth

Compassionate friend. In Christianity Ruth is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Ruth.

Mellon

Mellon has a cinematic meaning for Lord of the Rings fans. It is the Elvish word for “friend” in J.R.R. Tolkien’s books.

Facts about gender neutral names

In the United States, close to 15% of babies born are given unisex names.

Parents choose gender-neutral baby names for their modern style.

Gender neutral names don’t have a connection to a specific birth sex.

Green

Emerald

Emerald comes from the Greek smaragdos and means “green gemstone” or “green gem.”

Verdant

Verdant comes from Latin ‘viridis’ and is meaning ‘green.’ Claudie Verdant performed in the French drama show Monsieur le ministre.

Verde

Verde means green in Spanish and Portuguese.

Chloe

Chloe is symbolizing ”young green shoot.” The French spelling is Chloé.

Oran

Oran is a name that has its origins in the Gaelic Odhrán and means ”little pale green one.”

Moon

Luna

Luna is of Latin origin, “moon.” Luna is mostly a feminine name, but I had to put it on this list. Luna Lovegood is a character in the Harry Potter series.

Selene

Another feminine name (I know, not gender neutral) that translates as moon is Selene. It is the name of the Greek goddess of the moon.

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Lunar

Lunar means “of or relating to the moon.”

Halo

Halo comes from the Greek halos and means “disc of the sun or moon.”

Jericho

In Arabic Jericho translates to ”city of the moon.”

How to pick a good gender neutral name for your baby

Naming your baby is a pivotal parenting step that seems so natural.

It’s important to think about how the name sounds. It’s a good idea to say it out loud to test the rhythm.

Ask friends and family.

Seek inspiration from a variety of sources.

Angel

Angelou

Angelou is from the Latin word angelus and means ”messenger” or ”angelic being.”

Malak

From the Aramaic מלאך, Malak means angel.

Erel

With Hebrew origins, Erel is meaning ”angel” or ”valiant one.”

Angelo

Angel in Italian.

Blood

Sânge

In Romanian Sânge means blood.

Rakta

Rakta means blood or red in Sanskrit.

Cat

Lynx

Lynx is from Latin and means ”wild cat.”

Micio

From Italian, Micio is symbolizing kitten.

Gato

Gato means ”cat” and is linked with the Latin word “gattus.”

Mâță

Mâță means ”cat” in Romanian.

Change

Cambio

Cambio is from the Italian and Spanish word “cambio” that means shift or change.

Parivarta

Parivarta is from Sanskrit. It is another name for Kurma, the 2nd avatar of the Hindu preserver deity, Vishnu.

Allagi

Allagi has the meanings of ”transition” or ”change” in Greek.

Henka

In Japanese Henka is symbolizing ”transformation” or ”change.”

Peace

Salem

Salem is from the Hebrew shalom and the Arabic salaam and both mean peace.

Paz

In 1990 Mexican poet Octavio Paz received the Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the Spanish word for peace via the Latin pax.

Aman

In Arabic and Persian, Aman means ”peace” or safety.”

Light

Noor

Noor is the Arabic word for light. Spelling variations include Noor or Nur.

Lior

Lior is made of the Hebrew elements li (”to me”) and or (means ”light”). Israelis used it for sons and daughters.

Sol

”Sun” in Spanish and Latin.

Ray

Ray means a beam of light in English. It is also a short form of Raymond.

Hoshi

Hoshi is the Japanese word for star 星. It is pronounced as HOH-shee.

Sea and Water

Kai

Sea in Hawaiian and a short form of Nikolaus in Frisian.

Morgan

”Sea-born” or ”sea-circle.”

Rio

Rio is the Spanish and Portuguese word for river.

Wisdom

Sage

Sage is meaning wise and has Old French and Latin roots.

Quinn

Quinn is a diminutive of the Irish surname O Cuinn, what is linked with Conn, a word for ”sense” or ”wisdom.”

Gift

Neo

Neo means gift in the Tswana language of southern Africa and new in Greek.

Doron

Doron is a Hebrew and Greek word for ”gift.”

Lion

Ariel

Ariel comes from the Hebrew ari (means ”lion”) and el (”God”). Shakespeare used it in The Tempest.

Free

Charlie

Charlie is a variant of Charles and Charlotte (”free man”).

Frankie

Frankie has roots in the Germanic Frank and is meaning ”free one.”