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Danyal

Danyal is a unisex given name: about 73% of people named Danyal are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 73%Female 27%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
73% male / 27% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
466 male / 176 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Danyal

To address Danyal when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Danyal," in English, "Guten Tag Danyal," in German. About 73% of people named Danyal are men and 27% 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 Danyal,

German

Guten Tag Danyal,

French

Bonjour Danyal,

Spanish

Estimado/a Danyal:

Chinese

Danyal您好：

Japanese

Danyal様

English

Hi Danyal,

German

Hi Danyal,

French

Salut Danyal,

Spanish

Hola Danyal,

Chinese

Danyal你好：

Japanese

Danyal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 Danyal by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name73%

United States birth data

466 male · 176 female · 642 births recorded

Male 73%Female 27%

Since 1980: 83% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Danyal a male or female name?

Danyal is a unisex given name: about 73% of people named Danyal are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Danyal in an email?

To address Danyal when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Danyal," in English, "Guten Tag Danyal," in German. About 73% of people named Danyal are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Danyal a unisex name?

Danyal is not a unisex name: 73% of people named Danyal are men. Danyal leans strongly male overall.

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

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