Meryl
Meryl 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
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 431 male / 5,009 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Meryl
If you do not know Meryl’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Meryl,” in English, “Guten Tag Meryl,” 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 Meryl,
German
Guten Tag Meryl,
French
Bonjour Meryl,
Spanish
Estimado/a Meryl:
Chinese
Meryl您好：
Japanese
Meryl様
English
Hi Meryl,
German
Hi Meryl,
French
Salut Meryl,
Spanish
Hola Meryl,
Chinese
Meryl你好：
Japanese
Meryl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 | common | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
431 male · 5,009 female · 5,440 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Meryl a male or female name?
Meryl 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 Meryl in an email?
If you do not know Meryl’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Meryl,” in English, “Guten Tag Meryl,” 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 Meryl a unisex name?
Meryl 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 Meryl a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/meryl. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_meryl,
title = {Is Meryl a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/meryl},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}