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Cher

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

Mostly femaleMedium

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Korea, Arabic and Persian countries
US records 1880–2017
110 male / 1,694 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Cher

If you do not know Cher’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Cher,” in English, “Guten Tag Cher,” 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 Cher,

German

Guten Tag Cher,

French

Bonjour Cher,

Spanish

Estimado/a Cher:

Chinese

Cher您好：

Japanese

Cher様

English

Hi Cher,

German

Hi Cher,

French

Salut Cher,

Spanish

Hola Cher,

Chinese

Cher你好：

Japanese

Cher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 Cher by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Korearareunisex name
Arabic and Persian countriesrarewoman's name

United States birth data

110 male · 1,694 female · 1,804 births recorded

Male ≈ 6.1%Female ≈ 93.9%

Records from 1980–2017: 29.3% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cher a male or female name?

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

How do I address Cher in an email?

If you do not know Cher’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Cher,” in English, “Guten Tag Cher,” 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 Cher a unisex name?

Cher is classified as generally female 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

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

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

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