Lieve
Lieve 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.
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
- Belgium, Netherlands
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Lieve
If you do not know Lieve’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lieve,” in English, “Guten Tag Lieve,” 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 Lieve,
German
Guten Tag Lieve,
French
Bonjour Lieve,
Spanish
Estimado/a Lieve:
Chinese
Lieve您好:
Japanese
Lieve様
English
Hi Lieve,
German
Hi Lieve,
French
Salut Lieve,
Spanish
Hola Lieve,
Chinese
Lieve你好:
Japanese
Lieveさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | uncommon | woman's name |
| Netherlands | rare | woman's name |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lieve a male or female name?
Lieve 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 Lieve in an email?
If you do not know Lieve’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Lieve,” in English, “Guten Tag Lieve,” 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 Lieve a unisex name?
Lieve 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
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.
DearWho, "Is Lieve a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/lieve. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_lieve,
title = {Is Lieve a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/lieve},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}