Claude
Claude is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Claude 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
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, France, Luxembourg
- US births since 1880
- 91,001 male / 952 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Claude
To address Claude when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Claude," in English, "Guten Tag Claude," in German. About 90% of people named Claude 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 Claude,
German
Guten Tag Claude,
French
Bonjour Claude,
Spanish
Estimado/a Claude:
Chinese
Claude您好：
Japanese
Claude様
English
Hi Claude,
German
Hi Claude,
French
Salut Claude,
Spanish
Hola Claude,
Chinese
Claude你好：
Japanese
Claude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 | very common | man's name | 99% |
| France | common | man's name | 75% |
| Luxembourg | common | man's name | 75% |
| Belgium | common | man's name | 75% |
| Switzerland | common | man's name | 75% |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Malta | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
91,001 male · 952 female · 91,953 births recorded
Since 1980: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude a male or female name?
Claude is a unisex given name: about 90% of people named Claude 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 Claude in an email?
To address Claude when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Claude," in English, "Guten Tag Claude," in German. About 90% of people named Claude 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 Claude a unisex name?
Claude is not a unisex name: 90% of people named Claude are men. Claude 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 Claude a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/claude (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_claude,
title = {Is Claude a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/claude},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}