Merlinda
Merlinda 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.
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, North Macedonia, Kosovo
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 530 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Merlinda
If you do not know Merlinda’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Merlinda,” in English, “Guten Tag Merlinda,” 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 Merlinda,
German
Guten Tag Merlinda,
French
Bonjour Merlinda,
Spanish
Estimado/a Merlinda:
Chinese
Merlinda您好：
Japanese
Merlinda様
English
Hi Merlinda,
German
Hi Merlinda,
French
Salut Merlinda,
Spanish
Hola Merlinda,
Chinese
Merlinda你好：
Japanese
Merlinda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 | rare | woman's name |
| North Macedonia | rare | woman's name |
| Kosovo | rare | woman's name |
| Albania | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 530 female · 530 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Merlinda a male or female name?
Merlinda 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 Merlinda in an email?
If you do not know Merlinda’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Merlinda,” in English, “Guten Tag Merlinda,” 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 Merlinda a unisex name?
Merlinda 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 Merlinda a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/merlinda. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_merlinda,
title = {Is Merlinda a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/merlinda},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}