Osa
Osa is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Osa are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 12% male / 88% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States
- US births since 1880
- 87 male / 653 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Osa
To address Osa when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Osa," in English, "Guten Tag Osa," in German. About 12% of people named Osa are men and 88% 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 Osa,
German
Guten Tag Osa,
French
Bonjour Osa,
Spanish
Estimado/a Osa:
Chinese
Osa您好:
Japanese
Osa様
English
Hi Osa,
German
Hi Osa,
French
Salut Osa,
Spanish
Hola Osa,
Chinese
Osa你好:
Japanese
Osa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 | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name | 12% |
United States birth data
87 male · 653 female · 740 births recorded
Since 1980: 29% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Osa a male or female name?
Osa is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Osa are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Osa in an email?
To address Osa when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Osa," in English, "Guten Tag Osa," in German. About 12% of people named Osa are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Osa a unisex name?
Osa is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Osa are men. Osa leans strongly female overall.
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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Osa a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/osa (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_osa,
title = {Is Osa a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/osa},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}