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Ke Yan

Ke Yan 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.

Ke Yan · Keyan · Ke-Yan

Verdict
Male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, China
Also spelled
Keyan, Ke-Yan
US records 1880–2017
1,108 male / 7 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Ke Yan

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

German

Guten Tag Ke Yan,

French

Bonjour Ke Yan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ke Yan:

Chinese

YanKe您好：

Japanese

Yan様

English

Hi Ke,

German

Hi Ke,

French

Salut Ke,

Spanish

Hola Ke,

Chinese

Ke你好：

Japanese

Ke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 Ke Yan by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonman's name
Chinarareunisex name

United States birth data

1,108 male · 7 female · 1,115 births recorded

Male ≈ 99.4%Female ≈ 0.6%

Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ke Yan a male or female name?

Ke Yan 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 Ke Yan in an email?

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

Ke Yan 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

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

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