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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 ...
This category is for unisex given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language unisex given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
The name was the 803rd most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, 650th in 2008, 604th by 2009, and 620th by 2010. [1] [2] The name had previously been used occasionally for boys and girls, though it was never previously among the top 1,000 names for any gender in the United States.
Names play a variety of roles in the Bible. They sometimes relate to the nominee's role in a biblical narrative , as in the case of Nabal , a foolish man whose name means "fool". [ 1 ] Names in the Bible can represent human hopes, divine revelations , or are used to illustrate prophecies .
The name first appeared on the SSA's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names in 1994, at number 850. [3] It became dramatically more popular among ethnic minorities [ 4 ] in the U.S. thereafter with the naming of Jaden Smith (a variant of Jayden; derived from his mother's name, Jada ), [ 5 ] the son of two famous actors, in 1998: [ 5 ] use ...
[citation needed] The first to suggest the corruption theory behind the name was Bercera Tanco, in 1675. However, every manuscript from the first 150 years following the apparition uses the name "Guadalupe", including the original text in Nahuatl, leading scholars to conclude that time provides "no historical evidence indicating that the Virgin ...
It is used as a unisex name in Germany and Sweden as well as a feminine name in Estonia, the Netherlands and the English speaking countries. It is also used as a short form or variation of Maria, especially common in Estonia, the Netherlands and Germany. Also, Maris is a short form of the biblical name Damaris.
It ranked among the top 100 names for girls in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Indonesian, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, among others, in recent years. [5] [6] In 2022, it was the 31st most popular name given to girls in Canada. [7]