Mena

Mena is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

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

Verdict: Female
Confidence: Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Frisia
US records 1880–2017: 161 male / 1,330 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Mena

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

German

Guten Tag Mena,

French

Bonjour Mena,

Spanish

Estimado/a Mena:

Chinese

Mena您好：

Japanese

Mena様

English

Hi Mena,

German

Hi Mena,

French

Salut Mena,

Spanish

Hola Mena,

Chinese

Mena你好：

Japanese

Mena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 Mena by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	uncommon	woman's name
Bosnia and Herzegovina	rare	woman's name
East Frisia	rare	woman's name
North Macedonia	rare	woman's name
Italy	rare	woman's name
Japan	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

161 male · 1,330 female · 1,491 births recorded

Male ≈ 10.8%Female ≈ 89.2%

Records from 1980–2017: 15.4% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mena a male or female name?

Mena is classified as a 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 Mena in an email?

Is Mena a unisex name?

Mena 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.

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 Mena a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mena. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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