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Shady

Shady 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
Arabic and Persian countries, United States
US records 1880–2017
315 male / 202 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Shady

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

German

Guten Tag Shady,

French

Bonjour Shady,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shady:

Chinese

Shady您好:

Japanese

Shady様

English

Hi Shady,

German

Hi Shady,

French

Salut Shady,

Spanish

Hola Shady,

Chinese

Shady你好:

Japanese

Shady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 Shady by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Arabic and Persian countriesuncommonman's name
United Statesrareunisex name

United States birth data

315 male · 202 female · 517 births recorded

Male60.9%Female39.1%

Records from 1980–2017: 60.3% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shady a male or female name?

Shady 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 Shady in an email?

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

Shady 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.

Cite this page

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

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