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Unisex Mexican names
Mexico has two kinds of gender-neutral names: religious titles like Guadalupe, Refugio, Rosario, Cruz, and Trinidad that were given to any child born on the feast day, and Nahuatl words like Citlali, Ollin, and Yólotl that have no gender at all.
32 Mexican names found
Most popular Mexican unisex names
Ranked by how common each name is in Mexico's civil registry today.
Nahuatl and Maya unisex names
Indigenous names, each shown with the words it is built from.
Why Mexico has so many unisex names
The Spanish custom of naming a child for the saint or feast of the day of birth produced names that ignore gender. A boy born on December 12 could be Guadalupe; a boy born on July 4, the feast of Our Lady of Refuge, could be Refugio; a boy born on the feast of the Rosary could be Rosario. The masculine nickname often differs by one vowel: Cuca and Cuco, Chayo for both, Lupe for both. Cruz (cross), Trinidad, Ángel, Reyes, and Santos work the same way.
Nahuatl has no grammatical gender, so its words became unisex names by default. Citlali (star), Yólotl (heart), Ollin (movement), Tonalli (day sign), Atl (water), and Ilhuicatl (sky) are registered for both sexes, and the honorific -tzin (Yolotzin, Citlaltzin, Xochitzin) can be added to any of them. The Maya Itzel has settled as feminine and Balam as masculine, but Kin (sun) and Nicté (flower) still go either way.
🌿 Unisex names meaning nature
🌱 Unisex names meaning life
✨ Unisex names meaning light
☁️ Unisex names meaning sky
💧 Unisex names meaning water
Mexican unisex names FAQ
Is Guadalupe a boy or girl name?
Both. Guadalupe is given to girls far more often, but José Guadalupe and plain Guadalupe are established men's names in Mexico; Lupe works for either. The same is true of Refugio (Cuca or Cuco), Rosario (Chayo), Socorro, Concepción, and Carmen (as in José Carmen), all titles of the Virgin Mary that were traditionally given to boys born on the feast day.
Are Nahuatl names unisex?
Many are. Nahuatl nouns have no grammatical gender, so Citlali (star), Yólotl (heart), Ollin (movement), Tonalli (day, fate), Atl (water), and Tlalli (earth) are registered for both boys and girls, though usage has settled toward one side for some (Xóchitl is almost always female, Cuauhtémoc male).
What are gender-neutral Mexican names that work in English?
Cruz, Ángel, Reyes, Guadalupe (Lupe), Noa, Ariel, Sol, Luz, Alex, Dani, Sam, and the Nahuatl Ollin and Citlali all read comfortably in both languages.