Mearl
Mearl is classified as a mostly male 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 male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 1,210 male / 428 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mearl
If you do not know Mearl’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mearl,” in English, “Guten Tag Mearl,” 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 Mearl,
German
Guten Tag Mearl,
French
Bonjour Mearl,
Spanish
Estimado/a Mearl:
Chinese
Mearl您好：
Japanese
Mearl様
English
Hi Mearl,
German
Hi Mearl,
French
Salut Mearl,
Spanish
Hola Mearl,
Chinese
Mearl你好：
Japanese
Mearl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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
United States birth data
1,210 male · 428 female · 1,638 births recorded
Frequently asked questions
Is Mearl a male or female name?
Mearl is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Mearl in an email?
If you do not know Mearl’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mearl,” in English, “Guten Tag Mearl,” 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 Mearl a unisex name?
Mearl is classified as generally male 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 Mearl a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mearl. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_mearl,
title = {Is Mearl a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mearl},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}