Kanika
Kanika is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, India and Sri Lanka
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 1,206 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Kanika
If you do not know Kanika’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kanika,” in English, “Guten Tag Kanika,” 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 Kanika,
German
Guten Tag Kanika,
French
Bonjour Kanika,
Spanish
Estimado/a Kanika:
Chinese
Kanika您好：
Japanese
Kanika様
English
Hi Kanika,
German
Hi Kanika,
French
Salut Kanika,
Spanish
Hola Kanika,
Chinese
Kanika你好：
Japanese
Kanikaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| India and Sri Lanka | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 1,206 female · 1,206 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kanika a male or female name?
Kanika is classified as a 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 Kanika in an email?
If you do not know Kanika’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kanika,” in English, “Guten Tag Kanika,” 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 Kanika a unisex name?
Kanika 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
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.
DearWho, "Is Kanika a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/kanika. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kanika,
title = {Is Kanika a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/kanika},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}