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Ermal

Ermal is a unisex given name: about 87% of people named Ermal are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 87%Female 13%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
87% male / 13% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Albania, United States
US births since 1880
261 male / 342 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Ermal

To address Ermal when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ermal," in English, "Guten Tag Ermal," in German. About 87% of people named Ermal are men and 13% 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 Ermal,

German

Guten Tag Ermal,

French

Bonjour Ermal,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ermal:

Chinese

Ermal您好：

Japanese

Ermal様

English

Hi Ermal,

German

Hi Ermal,

French

Salut Ermal,

Spanish

Hola Ermal,

Chinese

Ermal你好：

Japanese

Ermal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 Ermal by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Albaniauncommonman's name98%
United Statesuncommonunisex name43%

United States birth data

261 male · 342 female · 603 births recorded

Male 43%Female 57%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ermal a male or female name?

Ermal is a unisex given name: about 87% of people named Ermal are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ermal in an email?

To address Ermal when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ermal," in English, "Guten Tag Ermal," in German. About 87% of people named Ermal are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Ermal a unisex name?

Ermal is not a unisex name: 87% of people named Ermal are men. Ermal leans strongly male overall.

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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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

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

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