DearWho
DE
DearWho

Adair

Adair is a unisex given name: about 54% of people named Adair are men and 46% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 54%Female 46%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
54% male / 46% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880
1,449 male / 1,254 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Adair

To address Adair when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Adair," in English, "Guten Tag Adair," in German. About 54% of people named Adair are men and 46% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Adair,

German

Guten Tag Adair,

French

Bonjour Adair,

Spanish

Estimado/a Adair:

Chinese

Adair您好：

Japanese

Adair様

English

Hi Adair,

German

Hi Adair,

French

Salut Adair,

Spanish

Hola Adair,

Chinese

Adair你好：

Japanese

Adairさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Adair by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonunisex name54%
Great Britainrareman's name75%

United States birth data

1,449 male · 1,254 female · 2,703 births recorded

Male 54%Female 46%

Since 1980: 66% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Adair a male or female name?

Adair is a unisex given name: about 54% of people named Adair are men and 46% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Adair in an email?

To address Adair when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Adair," in English, "Guten Tag Adair," in German. About 54% of people named Adair are men and 46% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Adair a unisex name?

Adair is a unisex name: 54% of people named Adair are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Adair a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/adair (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_adair,
  title  = {Is Adair a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/adair},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}