Riyad
Riyad is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States, Azerbaijan
- US records 1880–2017
- 312 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Riyad
If you do not know Riyad’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Riyad,” in English, “Guten Tag Riyad,” 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 Riyad,
German
Guten Tag Riyad,
French
Bonjour Riyad,
Spanish
Estimado/a Riyad:
Chinese
Riyad您好:
Japanese
Riyad様
English
Hi Riyad,
German
Hi Riyad,
French
Salut Riyad,
Spanish
Hola Riyad,
Chinese
Riyad你好:
Japanese
Riyad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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | uncommon | man's name |
| United States | rare | man's name |
| Azerbaijan | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
312 male · 0 female · 312 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Riyad a male or female name?
Riyad is classified as a 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 Riyad in an email?
If you do not know Riyad’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Riyad,” in English, “Guten Tag Riyad,” 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 Riyad a unisex name?
Riyad 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
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.
DearWho, "Is Riyad a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/riyad. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_riyad,
title = {Is Riyad a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/riyad},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}