So I'm just looking for a way to express my name in a more gender neutral way that doesn't sound ridiculous. My name is Cortni. I was just wondering if you guys could come up with something I'm missing as a gender neutral version. Cory is a nope. Too masculine for me. I want something less girly, that could be unisex, but not TOO masculine either. I can handle mild masculinity. If there is a right version for me I'd really appreciate help in finding it, thanks
I disagree about Cory--it is a neutral name in alternative spellings: Corrie, Corey, Cori (short for Corinne). I also knew a Cort.
What about Niki? That's kinda unisex and the CortNI leads into it, kind of... Idk, just a suggestion. Best of luck to ya!
thanks for the suggestions but honestly I wanted something I could use as a nickname without making it obvious that I changed my name if you know what I mean. I want to start presenting more gender neutral but at the same time don't feel committed enough to choose something entirely different ---------- Post added 21st Oct 2015 at 07:53 PM ---------- Cori is nice tbh I like it
Alex is extremely gender neutral. Alexis, even. I've known several males and females whose names were Alexis. EDIT: Oh, I read your post wrong. Hold on, lol. -- You could do Kory. A lot of girl names begin with K, but the "maleness" of the name is still there.
I'm having the same problem. My name's Nicole, and I hate Nikki and other derivatives. Part of me likes Alex, but I don't know... names are a pain in the butt. I like messing about on magicbabynames.com because they have a section for unisex names that's very simple to navigate XD May be it'd be helpful if you tried, If nothing else, it's a laugh. Type in your favourite TV/Book characters and see what you end up with. Maybe you'll find something you like!
Try Nikko? or just make it up ahah Nika or something. See, you have a normal name with normal shortened versions. I have a really weird name to begin with ahaha
Cortni could be nicknamed as: Cort (pronounced as "court") Corin Cory/Cori C + (middle initial, such as CJ if your m.i. started with a J) Corty/Corti Cortin Personally, I love the way "Cort" sounds. It's also a direct derivative of your original name.
Do you know what else is really annoying? Finding a name that you really like and then finding out that it's pronounced a different way to how you thought XD I just find that with the name Abrey, which I thought was pronounced 'Ay-brey' rather than 'Ah-brey' :/ NAMES ARE A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
