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Kym

Kym 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 femaleMedium

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
173 male / 1,297 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Kym

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

German

Guten Tag Kym,

French

Bonjour Kym,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kym:

Chinese

Kym您好：

Japanese

Kym様

English

Hi Kym,

German

Hi Kym,

French

Salut Kym,

Spanish

Hola Kym,

Chinese

Kym你好：

Japanese

Kym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 Kym by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Great Britainrarewoman's name

United States birth data

173 male · 1,297 female · 1,470 births recorded

Male ≈ 11.8%Female ≈ 88.2%

Records from 1980–2017: 24.2% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kym a male or female name?

Kym 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 Kym in an email?

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

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

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