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Kin

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

Mostly maleLow

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.

Verdict
Mostly male
Confidence
Low (source weight below 8; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Korea, United States, China
US records 1880–2017
252 male / 6 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Kin

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

German

Guten Tag Kin,

French

Bonjour Kin,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kin:

Chinese

Kin您好：

Japanese

Kin様

English

Hi Kin,

German

Hi Kin,

French

Salut Kin,

Spanish

Hola Kin,

Chinese

Kin你好：

Japanese

Kin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 Kin by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Korearareunisex name
United Statesrareman's name
Chinarareunisex name

United States birth data

252 male · 6 female · 258 births recorded

Male ≈ 97.7%Female ≈ 2.3%

Records from 1980–2017: 95.8% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kin a male or female name?

Kin is classified as a mostly 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 Kin in an email?

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

Kin 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

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

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