Dierdre
Dierdre is classified as a female 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
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 1,116 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Dierdre
If you do not know Dierdre’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Dierdre,” in English, “Guten Tag Dierdre,” 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 Dierdre,
German
Guten Tag Dierdre,
French
Bonjour Dierdre,
Spanish
Estimado/a Dierdre:
Chinese
Dierdre您好：
Japanese
Dierdre様
English
Hi Dierdre,
German
Hi Dierdre,
French
Salut Dierdre,
Spanish
Hola Dierdre,
Chinese
Dierdre你好：
Japanese
Dierdre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 | uncommon | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 1,116 female · 1,116 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dierdre a male or female name?
Dierdre is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Dierdre in an email?
If you do not know Dierdre’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Dierdre,” in English, “Guten Tag Dierdre,” 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 Dierdre a unisex name?
Dierdre is classified as generally female 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 Dierdre a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/dierdre. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_dierdre,
title = {Is Dierdre a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/dierdre},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}