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Earnie

Earnie is a unisex given name: about 78% of people named Earnie are men and 22% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 78%Female 22%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
78% male / 22% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
1,179 male / 326 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Earnie

To address Earnie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Earnie," in English, "Guten Tag Earnie," in German. About 78% of people named Earnie are men and 22% 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 Earnie,

German

Guten Tag Earnie,

French

Bonjour Earnie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Earnie:

Chinese

Earnie您好：

Japanese

Earnie様

English

Hi Earnie,

German

Hi Earnie,

French

Salut Earnie,

Spanish

Hola Earnie,

Chinese

Earnie你好：

Japanese

Earnie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 Earnie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name78%

United States birth data

1,179 male · 326 female · 1,505 births recorded

Male 78%Female 22%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Earnie a male or female name?

Earnie is a unisex given name: about 78% of people named Earnie are men and 22% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Earnie in an email?

To address Earnie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Earnie," in English, "Guten Tag Earnie," in German. About 78% of people named Earnie are men and 22% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Earnie a unisex name?

Earnie is not a unisex name: 78% of people named Earnie are men. Earnie leans strongly male overall.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

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

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