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Arend

Arend is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

MaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Netherlands, East Frisia, Austria
US records 1880–2017
138 male / 0 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Arend

If you do not know Arend’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Arend,” in English, “Guten Tag Arend,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Arend,

German

Guten Tag Arend,

French

Bonjour Arend,

Spanish

Estimado/a Arend:

Chinese

Arend您好：

Japanese

Arend様

English

Hi Arend,

German

Hi Arend,

French

Salut Arend,

Spanish

Hola Arend,

Chinese

Arend你好：

Japanese

Arend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

Classification of Arend by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Netherlandsuncommonman's name
East Frisiarareman's name
Austriarareman's name
Belgiumrareman's name
Switzerlandrareman's name
Germanyrareman's name
Denmarkrareman's name
United Statesrareman's name

United States birth data

138 male · 0 female · 138 births recorded

Male ≈ 100%Female ≈ 0%

Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Arend a male or female name?

Arend is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Arend in an email?

If you do not know Arend’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Arend,” in English, “Guten Tag Arend,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Arend a unisex name?

Arend is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

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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 (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

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

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