2. Remi

Not a million miles away from the name of Beyoncé’s baby daughter Rumi, Remi is a variant on the French masculine name Remy, meaning ‘oarsman’.

While Remy is more common (and given predominantly to boys), the unisex Remi is growing in popularity: it was given to 50 girls and 39 boys in England and Wales in 2015. It’s even more favoured in the US, where it is now in the top 300 names for baby girls.

1. Quincy

The most popular gender-neutral name on Nameberry is Quincy, an old French name meaning ‘estate of the fifth son’. Today, it’s most commonly associated with the music producer (and father of Rashida) Quincy Jones, but can also be used as a girl’s name.

Just seven baby girls and 14 boys were named Quincy in 2015, suggesting that the name’s current vogue on Nameberry hasn’t yet been borne out by actual results. But who knows? Maybe by next year, the UK will be overrun by tiny baby Quincies of both genders. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Of course, a high number of page views doesn’t necessarily mean that parents are actually choosing these names for their children. For hard facts on the most popular baby names in England and Wales, we have to turn to data from the ONS – and their run-down of the most popular names of 2017 won’t be published until autumn 2018.

In the meantime, the Nameberry stats provide a fascinating window into the unisex names that prospective parents are considering right now.

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These are the most-searched gender-neutral baby names in the UK