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Roe

Roe 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
US records 1880–2017
833 male / 122 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Roe

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

German

Guten Tag Roe,

French

Bonjour Roe,

Spanish

Estimado/a Roe:

Chinese

Roe您好：

Japanese

Roe様

English

Hi Roe,

German

Hi Roe,

French

Salut Roe,

Spanish

Hola Roe,

Chinese

Roe你好：

Japanese

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

United States birth data

833 male · 122 female · 955 births recorded

Male ≈ 87.2%Female ≈ 12.8%

Records from 1980–2017: 50.9% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Roe a male or female name?

Roe 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 Roe in an email?

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

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

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