Dayle
Dayle is a unisex given name: about 35% of people named Dayle are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 35% male / 65% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States
- US births since 1880
- 1,139 male / 2,161 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Dayle
To address Dayle when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dayle," in English, "Guten Tag Dayle," in German. About 35% of people named Dayle are men and 65% 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 Dayle,
German
Guten Tag Dayle,
French
Bonjour Dayle,
Spanish
Estimado/a Dayle:
Chinese
Dayle您好:
Japanese
Dayle様
English
Hi Dayle,
German
Hi Dayle,
French
Salut Dayle,
Spanish
Hola Dayle,
Chinese
Dayle你好:
Japanese
Dayle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 | uncommon | woman's name | 35% |
United States birth data
1,139 male · 2,161 female · 3,300 births recorded
Since 1980: 16% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dayle a male or female name?
Dayle is a unisex given name: about 35% of people named Dayle are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Dayle in an email?
To address Dayle when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dayle," in English, "Guten Tag Dayle," in German. About 35% of people named Dayle are men and 65% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Dayle a unisex name?
Dayle is not a unisex name: 35% of people named Dayle are men. Dayle leans strongly female 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 Dayle a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dayle (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dayle,
title = {Is Dayle a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dayle},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}