Garnet

Garnet is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Garnet are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 23%Female 77%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 23% male / 77% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, East Frisia
US births since 1880: 1,962 male / 6,833 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Garnet

To address Garnet when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Garnet," in English, "Guten Tag Garnet," in German. About 23% of people named Garnet are men and 77% 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 Garnet,

German

Guten Tag Garnet,

French

Bonjour Garnet,

Spanish

Estimado/a Garnet:

Chinese

Garnet您好：

Japanese

Garnet様

English

Hi Garnet,

German

Hi Garnet,

French

Salut Garnet,

Spanish

Hola Garnet,

Chinese

Garnet你好：

Japanese

Garnet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 Garnet by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	22%
East Frisia	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

1,962 male · 6,833 female · 8,795 births recorded

Male 22%Female 78%

Since 1980: 44% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Garnet a male or female name?

Garnet is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Garnet are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Garnet in an email?

Is Garnet a unisex name?

Garnet is not a unisex name: 23% of people named Garnet are men. Garnet 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 Garnet a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/garnet (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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