I don't know anyone, of any gender, who'd want novelty prints, cutesy stuff, or old-fashioned florals reminiscent of the century before last. I don't like them either. You really don't need to gender your quilts. You can make anything you like!
Ask the recipient what their favourite colours are, and you can also chat about shapes and patterns, maybe textures if you branch out into other fabrics. Right now I'm finishing one quilt, improvised in gentle curves and citrus bright colours (especially green), and starting another, semi-improv pieced equilateral triangles to make up hexagon shapes in oranges, blues and some greys. My partner loves red, so that features prominently in the quilts I've made for him. I've just made a lap quilt out of needlecord and velvet in blues, greens and purples, because the friend that went to was getting really chilly, and those are her favourite colours. The quilt in my avatar went to a male friend who loves those colours, also trees and Tolkien.