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Ranell

Ranell is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Ranell are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 18%Female 82%

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
18% male / 82% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
62 male / 290 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Ranell

To address Ranell when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ranell," in English, "Guten Tag Ranell," in German. About 18% of people named Ranell are men and 82% 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 Ranell,

German

Guten Tag Ranell,

French

Bonjour Ranell,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ranell:

Chinese

Ranell您好：

Japanese

Ranell様

English

Hi Ranell,

German

Hi Ranell,

French

Salut Ranell,

Spanish

Hola Ranell,

Chinese

Ranell你好：

Japanese

Ranell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 Ranell by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrarewoman's name18%

United States birth data

62 male · 290 female · 352 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 41% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ranell a male or female name?

Ranell is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Ranell are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ranell in an email?

To address Ranell when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ranell," in English, "Guten Tag Ranell," in German. About 18% of people named Ranell are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Ranell a unisex name?

Ranell is not a unisex name: 18% of people named Ranell are men. Ranell 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 Ranell a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ranell (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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