Foye

Foye is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Foye are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 32%Female 68%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 32% male / 68% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 119 male / 254 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Foye

To address Foye when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Foye," in English, "Guten Tag Foye," in German. About 32% of people named Foye are men and 68% 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 Foye,

German

Guten Tag Foye,

French

Bonjour Foye,

Spanish

Estimado/a Foye:

Chinese

Foye您好：

Japanese

Foye様

English

Hi Foye,

German

Hi Foye,

French

Salut Foye,

Spanish

Hola Foye,

Chinese

Foye你好：

Japanese

Foye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 Foye by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	32%

United States birth data

119 male · 254 female · 373 births recorded

Male 32%Female 68%

Frequently asked questions

Is Foye a male or female name?

Foye is a unisex given name: about 32% of people named Foye are men and 68% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Foye in an email?

Is Foye a unisex name?

Foye is not a unisex name: 32% of people named Foye are men. Foye leans strongly female overall.

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

BibTeX

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