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Kendal

Kendal 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 femaleHigh

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
4,438 male / 8,575 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Kendal

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

German

Guten Tag Kendal,

French

Bonjour Kendal,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kendal:

Chinese

Kendal您好：

Japanese

Kendal様

English

Hi Kendal,

German

Hi Kendal,

French

Salut Kendal,

Spanish

Hola Kendal,

Chinese

Kendal你好：

Japanese

Kendal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 Kendal by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statescommonwoman's name
Great Britainrareman's name

United States birth data

4,438 male · 8,575 female · 13,013 births recorded

Male ≈ 34.1%Female ≈ 65.9%

Records from 1980–2017: 27.8% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kendal a male or female name?

Kendal 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 Kendal in an email?

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

Kendal 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

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

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

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