I'm creating a female character. I really like that name but afraid that it's
too weird for a woman, as every character or person I seen with that name were
male.
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names gender
Is "Shinya" gender-neutral name? Would it be too weird as female name?
It may be not _too_ weird, but it would sound weird as a female name. I guess
it is not impossible for some strange parents to give such (male) names to
girls.

You can search keywords like '男女兼用 名前' to get the idea of which names can be
used for boys and girls (like [1](https://namedic.jp/names/unisex/),
[2](https://pon-navi.net/nazuke/popular/chuuseiteki-namae),
[3](https://ranking.goo.ne.jp/column/6257/ranking/52366/))

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'Ya' in _Shinya_ is most likely to be written as 也, which indicates a male
name most of the time. [This
site](https://b-name.jp/%E8%B5%A4%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E5%90%8D%E5%89%8D%E8%BE%9E%E5%85%B8/f/%E3%82%84/?t=s&mode=3)
lists 亜也 as a female name, though. (あや is a common female name, but the
particular kanji rendering is not.)
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