Lear

Lear is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Lear are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 25%Female 75%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 25% male / 75% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 36 male / 491 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Lear

To address Lear when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Lear," in English, "Guten Tag Lear," in German. About 25% of people named Lear are men and 75% 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 Lear,

German

Guten Tag Lear,

French

Bonjour Lear,

Spanish

Estimado/a Lear:

Chinese

Lear您好：

Japanese

Lear様

English

Hi Lear,

German

Hi Lear,

French

Salut Lear,

Spanish

Hola Lear,

Chinese

Lear你好：

Japanese

Lear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 Lear by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	7%
Great Britain	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

36 male · 491 female · 527 births recorded

Male 7%Female 93%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lear a male or female name?

Lear is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Lear are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Lear in an email?

Is Lear a unisex name?

Lear is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Lear are men. Lear 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 Lear a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/lear (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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