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Nilay

Nilay is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Nilay are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 21%Female 79%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
21% male / 79% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Turkey, United States
US births since 1880
228 male / 5 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Nilay

To address Nilay when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Nilay," in English, "Guten Tag Nilay," in German. About 21% of people named Nilay are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Nilay,

German

Guten Tag Nilay,

French

Bonjour Nilay,

Spanish

Estimado/a Nilay:

Chinese

Nilay您好：

Japanese

Nilay様

English

Hi Nilay,

German

Hi Nilay,

French

Salut Nilay,

Spanish

Hola Nilay,

Chinese

Nilay你好：

Japanese

Nilay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

Gender of the name Nilay by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Turkeyuncommonwoman's name2%
United Statesrareman's name98%

United States birth data

228 male · 5 female · 233 births recorded

Male 98%Female 2%

Since 1980: 98% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Nilay a male or female name?

Nilay is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Nilay are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Nilay in an email?

To address Nilay when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Nilay," in English, "Guten Tag Nilay," in German. About 21% of people named Nilay are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Nilay a unisex name?

Nilay is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Nilay are men. Nilay leans strongly female overall.

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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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Nilay a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nilay (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_nilay,
  title  = {Is Nilay a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/nilay},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}