Let’s say there’s someone I want to call Mr/Ms/Mrs [Name], but I don’t know their gender, is there a title I can use that doesn’t assume their gender?

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Wouldn’t their name be a clue as to their gender though?

Edit: Sorry, I misread the OP. I thought you meant first name. 😂

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I know a heterosexual Chinese couple who had the same family and given names even before they were married. They met because they kept getting each other’s mail.

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That’s actually really cute.

I know a family where a pair of brothers are married to a pair of sisters, and they all four had the same last name before marriage.

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@Jackthelad What if their name is Sky/Skylar/Skyler or something similar?

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Not really. There’s plenty of gender-neutral names, some you wouldn’t expect. The names Ashley, Chris, Harper, Morgan, and Stacey are all gender-ambiguous (Showing my white American background with this list). Plus, people can have genders that don’t match their name.

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I’d like you to meet my Cousin Terry

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