Spanish
In Spain unisex names are extremely rare. In Valencia and Catalonia though, the name Pau (Paul in Catalan) was used both for boys and girls from the mid-70s. Carmen, Rosario, and Guadalupe are also unisex names but they are more commonly used for females than males. María, an originally feminine name is used for males after masculine names like Luis, Juan and, very commonly, José (e.g., José María). José is used for females preceded by María (María José).
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“The Bermudas are said to have been discovered by a Spanish ship of that name which was wrecked on them.... Yet at the very first planting of them with some sixty persons, in 1612, the first governor, the same year, “built and laid the foundation of eight or nine forts.” To be ready, one would say, to entertain the first ship’s company that should be next shipwrecked on to them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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