Brown
Brown 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.
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
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 1,446 male / 5 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Brown
If you do not know Brown’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Brown,” in English, “Guten Tag Brown,” 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 Brown,
German
Guten Tag Brown,
French
Bonjour Brown,
Spanish
Estimado/a Brown:
Chinese
Brown您好：
Japanese
Brown様
English
Hi Brown,
German
Hi Brown,
French
Salut Brown,
Spanish
Hola Brown,
Chinese
Brown你好：
Japanese
Brown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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
United States birth data
1,446 male · 5 female · 1,451 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 90.7% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Brown a male or female name?
Brown 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 Brown in an email?
If you do not know Brown’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Brown,” in English, “Guten Tag Brown,” 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 Brown a unisex name?
Brown 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.
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 (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.
DearWho, "Is Brown a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/brown. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_brown,
title = {Is Brown a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/brown},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}