Osha

Osha is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Osha are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 22%Female 78%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 22% male / 78% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 75 male / 274 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Osha

To address Osha when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Osha," in English, "Guten Tag Osha," in German. About 22% of people named Osha are men and 78% 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 Osha,

German

Guten Tag Osha,

French

Bonjour Osha,

Spanish

Estimado/a Osha:

Chinese

Osha您好：

Japanese

Osha様

English

Hi Osha,

German

Hi Osha,

French

Salut Osha,

Spanish

Hola Osha,

Chinese

Osha你好：

Japanese

Osha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 Osha by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	22%

United States birth data

75 male · 274 female · 349 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 23% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Osha a male or female name?

Osha is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Osha are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Osha in an email?

Is Osha a unisex name?

Osha is not a unisex name: 22% of people named Osha are men. Osha leans strongly female overall.

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

BibTeX

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