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Hye Young

Hye Young is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleLow

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

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

Hye Young · Hyeyoung · Hye-Young

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Low (source weight below 8; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Korea
Also spelled
Hyeyoung, Hye-Young
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Hye Young

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

German

Guten Tag Hye Young,

French

Bonjour Hye Young,

Spanish

Estimado/a Hye Young:

Chinese

YoungHye您好：

Japanese

Young様

English

Hi Hye,

German

Hi Hye,

French

Salut Hye,

Spanish

Hola Hye,

Chinese

Hye你好：

Japanese

Hye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 Hye Young by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Koreararewoman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is Hye Young a male or female name?

Hye Young is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Hye Young in an email?

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

Hye Young is classified as generally female 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

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 (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 Hye Young a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hye-young. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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