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Erlingur

Erlingur 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.

MaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Iceland
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Erlingur

If you do not know Erlingur’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Erlingur,” in English, “Guten Tag Erlingur,” 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 Erlingur,

German

Guten Tag Erlingur,

French

Bonjour Erlingur,

Spanish

Estimado/a Erlingur:

Chinese

Erlingur您好：

Japanese

Erlingur様

English

Hi Erlingur,

German

Hi Erlingur,

French

Salut Erlingur,

Spanish

Hola Erlingur,

Chinese

Erlingur你好：

Japanese

Erlingur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

Classification of Erlingur by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Icelanduncommonman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is Erlingur a male or female name?

Erlingur 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 Erlingur in an email?

If you do not know Erlingur’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Erlingur,” in English, “Guten Tag Erlingur,” 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 Erlingur a unisex name?

Erlingur 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

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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.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Erlingur a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/erlingur. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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