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Beren

Beren is a unisex given name: about 41% of people named Beren are men and 59% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexLow
Male 41%Female 59%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

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

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
41% male / 59% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Turkey, United States
US births since 1880
168 male / 40 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Beren

To address Beren when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Beren," in English, "Guten Tag Beren," in German. About 41% of people named Beren are men and 59% 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 Beren,

German

Guten Tag Beren,

French

Bonjour Beren,

Spanish

Estimado/a Beren:

Chinese

Beren您好：

Japanese

Beren様

English

Hi Beren,

German

Hi Beren,

French

Salut Beren,

Spanish

Hola Beren,

Chinese

Beren你好：

Japanese

Beren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 Beren by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Turkeyrarewoman's name2%
United Statesrareman's name81%

United States birth data

168 male · 40 female · 208 births recorded

Male 81%Female 19%

Since 1980: 81% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Beren a male or female name?

Beren is a unisex given name: about 41% of people named Beren are men and 59% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Beren in an email?

To address Beren when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Beren," in English, "Guten Tag Beren," in German. About 41% of people named Beren are men and 59% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Beren a unisex name?

Beren is a unisex name: 41% of people named Beren are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

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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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

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

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