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Lakin

Lakin is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Lakin are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 18%Female 82%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
18% male / 82% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
372 male / 1,728 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Lakin

To address Lakin when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Lakin," in English, "Guten Tag Lakin," in German. About 18% of people named Lakin are men and 82% 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 Lakin,

German

Guten Tag Lakin,

French

Bonjour Lakin,

Spanish

Estimado/a Lakin:

Chinese

Lakin您好：

Japanese

Lakin様

English

Hi Lakin,

German

Hi Lakin,

French

Salut Lakin,

Spanish

Hola Lakin,

Chinese

Lakin你好：

Japanese

Lakin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 Lakin by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name18%

United States birth data

372 male · 1,728 female · 2,100 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 18% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lakin a male or female name?

Lakin is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Lakin are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Lakin in an email?

To address Lakin when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Lakin," in English, "Guten Tag Lakin," in German. About 18% of people named Lakin are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Lakin a unisex name?

Lakin is not a unisex name: 18% of people named Lakin are men. Lakin leans strongly female overall.

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

Cite this page

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

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