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Hoon

Hoon is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Hoon are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleHigh
Male 75%Female 25%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
75% male / 25% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
Korea
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Hoon

To address Hoon when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Hoon," in English, "Guten Tag Hoon," in German. About 75% of people named Hoon are men and 25% 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 Hoon,

German

Guten Tag Hoon,

French

Bonjour Hoon,

Spanish

Estimado/a Hoon:

Chinese

Hoon您好：

Japanese

Hoon様

English

Hi Hoon,

German

Hi Hoon,

French

Salut Hoon,

Spanish

Hola Hoon,

Chinese

Hoon你好：

Japanese

Hoon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 Hoon by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Koreacommonman's name75%

Frequently asked questions

Is Hoon a male or female name?

Hoon is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Hoon are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Hoon in an email?

To address Hoon when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Hoon," in English, "Guten Tag Hoon," in German. About 75% of people named Hoon are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Hoon a unisex name?

Hoon is not a unisex name: 75% of people named Hoon are men. Hoon leans strongly male overall.

Related names

YoungMostly femaleJungUnisexHeeMostly femaleMinMostly maleDongMostly maleYongMostly maleJinMostly femaleSangUnisex

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

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