Laine

Laine is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Laine are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 26%Female 74%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 26% male / 74% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Estonia, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 1,477 male / 3,063 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Laine

To address Laine when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Laine," in English, "Guten Tag Laine," in German. About 26% of people named Laine are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Laine,

German

Guten Tag Laine,

French

Bonjour Laine,

Spanish

Estimado/a Laine:

Chinese

Laine您好：

Japanese

Laine様

English

Hi Laine,

German

Hi Laine,

French

Salut Laine,

Spanish

Hola Laine,

Chinese

Laine你好：

Japanese

Laine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

Gender of the name Laine by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	33%
Estonia	uncommon	woman's name	2%
Great Britain	rare	man's name	75%
Latvia	rare	woman's name	2%
Sweden	rare	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

1,477 male · 3,063 female · 4,540 births recorded

Male 33%Female 67%

Since 1980: 30% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Laine a male or female name?

Laine is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Laine are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Laine in an email?

Is Laine a unisex name?

Laine is not a unisex name: 26% of people named Laine are men. Laine leans strongly female overall.

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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Laine a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/laine (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_laine,
  title  = {Is Laine a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/laine},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}