Dee
Dee is a unisex given name: about 31% of people named Dee are men and 69% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 31% male / 69% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Great Britain, Netherlands
- US births since 1880
- 7,240 male / 15,832 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Dee
To address Dee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dee," in English, "Guten Tag Dee," in German. About 31% of people named Dee are men and 69% 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 Dee,
German
Guten Tag Dee,
French
Bonjour Dee,
Spanish
Estimado/a Dee:
Chinese
Dee您好：
Japanese
Dee様
English
Hi Dee,
German
Hi Dee,
French
Salut Dee,
Spanish
Hola Dee,
Chinese
Dee你好：
Japanese
Dee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 | common | woman's name | 31% |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Netherlands | rare | woman's name | 25% |
United States birth data
7,240 male · 15,832 female · 23,072 births recorded
Since 1980: 41% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dee a male or female name?
Dee is a unisex given name: about 31% of people named Dee are men and 69% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Dee in an email?
To address Dee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Dee," in English, "Guten Tag Dee," in German. About 31% of people named Dee are men and 69% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Dee a unisex name?
Dee is not a unisex name: 31% of people named Dee are men. Dee 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 Dee a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dee (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dee,
title = {Is Dee a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/dee},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}