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Kays

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

MaleMedium

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

Verdict
Male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Arabic and Persian countries
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Kays

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

German

Guten Tag Kays,

French

Bonjour Kays,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kays:

Chinese

Kays您好：

Japanese

Kays様

English

Hi Kays,

German

Hi Kays,

French

Salut Kays,

Spanish

Hola Kays,

Chinese

Kays你好：

Japanese

Kays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 Kays by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Arabic and Persian countriesuncommonman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is Kays a male or female name?

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

How do I address Kays in an email?

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

Kays is classified as generally male 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

AliMaleMohammadMaleMohamedMaleMohammedMaleFatimaFemaleLailaFemaleIbrahimMaleSamirMale

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

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