Royce
Royce 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
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 27,355 male / 2,140 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Royce
If you do not know Royce’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Royce,” in English, “Guten Tag Royce,” 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 Royce,
German
Guten Tag Royce,
French
Bonjour Royce,
Spanish
Estimado/a Royce:
Chinese
Royce您好：
Japanese
Royce様
English
Hi Royce,
German
Hi Royce,
French
Salut Royce,
Spanish
Hola Royce,
Chinese
Royce你好：
Japanese
Royce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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
United States birth data
27,355 male · 2,140 female · 29,495 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 94.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Royce a male or female name?
Royce 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 Royce in an email?
If you do not know Royce’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Royce,” in English, “Guten Tag Royce,” 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 Royce a unisex name?
Royce 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 Royce a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/royce. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_royce,
title = {Is Royce a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/royce},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}