Corliss
Corliss 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.
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
- US records 1880–2017
- 343 male / 2,848 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Corliss
If you do not know Corliss’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Corliss,” in English, “Guten Tag Corliss,” 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 Corliss,
German
Guten Tag Corliss,
French
Bonjour Corliss,
Spanish
Estimado/a Corliss:
Chinese
Corliss您好：
Japanese
Corliss様
English
Hi Corliss,
German
Hi Corliss,
French
Salut Corliss,
Spanish
Hola Corliss,
Chinese
Corliss你好：
Japanese
Corliss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 | woman's name |
United States birth data
343 male · 2,848 female · 3,191 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 26.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Corliss a male or female name?
Corliss 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 Corliss in an email?
If you do not know Corliss’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Corliss,” in English, “Guten Tag Corliss,” 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 Corliss a unisex name?
Corliss 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
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 Corliss a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/corliss. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_corliss,
title = {Is Corliss a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/corliss},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}