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Mei Lin

Mei Lin 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.

Mostly femaleLow

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

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

Mei Lin · Meilin · Mei-Lin

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Low (source weight below 8; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
China, United States
Also spelled
Meilin, Mei-Lin
US records 1880–2017
0 male / 248 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Mei Lin

If you do not know Mei Lin’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mei Lin,” in English, “Guten Tag Mei Lin,” 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 Mei Lin,

German

Guten Tag Mei Lin,

French

Bonjour Mei Lin,

Spanish

Estimado/a Mei Lin:

Chinese

LinMei您好：

Japanese

Lin様

English

Hi Mei,

German

Hi Mei,

French

Salut Mei,

Spanish

Hola Mei,

Chinese

Mei你好：

Japanese

Mei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

Classification of Mei Lin by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Chinarareunisex name
United Statesrarewoman's name

United States birth data

0 male · 248 female · 248 births recorded

Male ≈ 0%Female ≈ 100%

Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mei Lin a male or female name?

Mei Lin 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 Mei Lin in an email?

If you do not know Mei Lin’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mei Lin,” in English, “Guten Tag Mei Lin,” 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 Mei Lin a unisex name?

Mei Lin 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.

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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 (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.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Mei Lin a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mei-lin. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_meilin,
  title  = {Is Mei Lin a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mei-lin},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}