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Danel

Danel is a unisex given name: about 69% of people named Danel are men and 31% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleLow
Male 69%Female 31%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
69% male / 31% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
325 male / 147 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Danel

To address Danel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Danel," in English, "Guten Tag Danel," in German. About 69% of people named Danel are men and 31% 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 Danel,

German

Guten Tag Danel,

French

Bonjour Danel,

Spanish

Estimado/a Danel:

Chinese

Danel您好：

Japanese

Danel様

English

Hi Danel,

German

Hi Danel,

French

Salut Danel,

Spanish

Hola Danel,

Chinese

Danel你好：

Japanese

Danel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 Danel by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrareman's name69%

United States birth data

325 male · 147 female · 472 births recorded

Male 69%Female 31%

Since 1980: 88% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Danel a male or female name?

Danel is a unisex given name: about 69% of people named Danel are men and 31% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Danel in an email?

To address Danel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Danel," in English, "Guten Tag Danel," in German. About 69% of people named Danel are men and 31% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Danel a unisex name?

Danel is not a unisex name: 69% of people named Danel are men. Danel leans strongly male overall.

Related names

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

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