DeShawn
DeShawn is classified as a male 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
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 14,850 male / 1,183 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address DeShawn
If you do not know DeShawn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear DeShawn,” in English, “Guten Tag DeShawn,” 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 DeShawn,
German
Guten Tag DeShawn,
French
Bonjour DeShawn,
Spanish
Estimado/a DeShawn:
Chinese
DeShawn您好：
Japanese
DeShawn様
English
Hi DeShawn,
German
Hi DeShawn,
French
Salut DeShawn,
Spanish
Hola DeShawn,
Chinese
DeShawn你好：
Japanese
DeShawn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 | common | man's name |
United States birth data
14,850 male · 1,183 female · 16,033 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 96.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is DeShawn a male or female name?
DeShawn is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address DeShawn in an email?
If you do not know DeShawn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear DeShawn,” in English, “Guten Tag DeShawn,” 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 DeShawn a unisex name?
DeShawn is classified as generally male 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 DeShawn a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/deshawn. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_deshawn,
title = {Is DeShawn a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/deshawn},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}