Arnie
Arnie is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Arnie are men and 10% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 90% male / 10% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States
- US births since 1880
- 2,018 male / 235 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Arnie
To address Arnie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Arnie," in English, "Guten Tag Arnie," in German. About 90% of people named Arnie are men and 10% 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 Arnie,
German
Guten Tag Arnie,
French
Bonjour Arnie,
Spanish
Estimado/a Arnie:
Chinese
Arnie您好:
Japanese
Arnie様
English
Hi Arnie,
German
Hi Arnie,
French
Salut Arnie,
Spanish
Hola Arnie,
Chinese
Arnie你好:
Japanese
Arnieさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name | 90% |
United States birth data
2,018 male · 235 female · 2,253 births recorded
Since 1980: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Arnie a male or female name?
Arnie is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Arnie are men and 10% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Arnie in an email?
To address Arnie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Arnie," in English, "Guten Tag Arnie," in German. About 90% of people named Arnie are men and 10% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Arnie a unisex name?
Arnie is not a unisex name: 90% of people named Arnie are men. Arnie leans strongly male overall.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Arnie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/arnie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_arnie,
title = {Is Arnie a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/arnie},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}