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I help people find new names, when I remember to post them.

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Arlie

This name is English in origin and means "eagle wood". While more likely to be feminine, this name is traditionally gender neutral in usage.

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Peyton

Originally an English surname, Peyton is a gender neutral name that derives from "Pæga's Town". It's also sometimes spelled Payton.

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Francis

This English name originally means "someone from France", and it is gender neutral in usage.

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Taegan

A variation of Teagan or Tegan, meaning "son/descendant of Tadhgan", which is a traditional Irish surname. This name is suitable for all genders.

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Aviya

A variation of the name Abijah, this name is Hebrew and means "my father is Yahweh". It is gender neutral in usage.

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Kiran

While similar to the Celtic name Kieran, meaning "little dark one", this gender neutral name is actually Hindi and means "sunbeam". Its similarity to the Celtic name Kieran, however, has made this name very popular in the United Kingdom.

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Tracy

Of English origin, this name originated from the meaning "the domain of Thracius". This name is popular in literature and has been used by people of all genders.

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I apologize for not posting the past few days, I'm having some difficulties.

I'm going to spam post a bunch of gender neutral names today to try and make up for it. My apologies.

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Puck

From the Germanic "puch", meaning "defiance", this gender neutral name is usually used to describe a defiant or trickster faerie. While used literally to name a faerie in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, it was also used as the name of the protagonist in author Annette Curtis-Klause's book Alien Secrets.

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Lucetta

This name began as an Italian derivative of Luce, meaning light. It's usually feminine in usage, and was prominently featured as a character in the play The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare.

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Iago

This traditionally masculine name is a Welsh variant of the name Jacob, meaning "supplanter" or "may God protect". This name was popularized by the Shakespearean play Othello, as well as the parrot from the Disney Aladdin franchise.

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The fae smiled, sharply: “Give me your name, child.”

“Uhhhhh. Stick.”

“What.”

“Does Leaf work better? I’m just kinda looking around this clearing. Look, I’m trans, I haven’t decided on one yet, I’m throwing some spaghetti at the wall, you know how it is.”

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Raven

This name is English, from the old English "hræfn", and it described a species of extremely intelligent black birds which are commonly found in many countries. This name is suitable for people of all genders.

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Branwen

This Welsh name means "white raven", and it is traditionally feminine.