Beryl

Beryl is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Beryl are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 16%Female 84%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 16% male / 84% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 2,339 male / 10,067 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Beryl

To address Beryl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Beryl," in English, "Guten Tag Beryl," in German. About 16% of people named Beryl are men and 84% 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 Beryl,

German

Guten Tag Beryl,

French

Bonjour Beryl,

Spanish

Estimado/a Beryl:

Chinese

Beryl您好：

Japanese

Beryl様

English

Hi Beryl,

German

Hi Beryl,

French

Salut Beryl,

Spanish

Hola Beryl,

Chinese

Beryl你好：

Japanese

Beryl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 Beryl by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	19%
Great Britain	uncommon	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

2,339 male · 10,067 female · 12,406 births recorded

Male 19%Female 81%

Since 1980: 5% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Beryl a male or female name?

Beryl is a unisex given name: about 16% of people named Beryl are men and 84% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Beryl in an email?

Is Beryl a unisex name?

Beryl is not a unisex name: 16% of people named Beryl are men. Beryl leans strongly female overall.

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

BibTeX

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