DearWho
DE
DearWho

Phelan

Phelan is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly maleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Mostly male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Great Britain
US records 1880–2017
513 male / 68 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Phelan

If you do not know Phelan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Phelan,” in English, “Guten Tag Phelan,” 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 Phelan,

German

Guten Tag Phelan,

French

Bonjour Phelan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Phelan:

Chinese

Phelan您好：

Japanese

Phelan様

English

Hi Phelan,

German

Hi Phelan,

French

Salut Phelan,

Spanish

Hola Phelan,

Chinese

Phelan你好：

Japanese

Phelan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

Classification of Phelan by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonman's name
Great Britainrareman's name

United States birth data

513 male · 68 female · 581 births recorded

Male ≈ 88.3%Female ≈ 11.7%

Records from 1980–2017: 86.5% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Phelan a male or female name?

Phelan is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Phelan in an email?

If you do not know Phelan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Phelan,” in English, “Guten Tag Phelan,” 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 Phelan a unisex name?

Phelan is classified as generally male 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

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

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.

Cite this page

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

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