Shaheen
Shaheen 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.
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, Arabic and Persian countries
- US records 1880–2017
- 476 male / 142 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shaheen
If you do not know Shaheen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shaheen,” in English, “Guten Tag Shaheen,” 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 Shaheen,
German
Guten Tag Shaheen,
French
Bonjour Shaheen,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shaheen:
Chinese
Shaheen您好：
Japanese
Shaheen様
English
Hi Shaheen,
German
Hi Shaheen,
French
Salut Shaheen,
Spanish
Hola Shaheen,
Chinese
Shaheen你好：
Japanese
Shaheen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 | uncommon | man's name |
| Arabic and Persian countries | rare | unisex name |
United States birth data
476 male · 142 female · 618 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 83.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shaheen a male or female name?
Shaheen 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 Shaheen in an email?
If you do not know Shaheen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shaheen,” in English, “Guten Tag Shaheen,” 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 Shaheen a unisex name?
Shaheen 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 Shaheen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shaheen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shaheen,
title = {Is Shaheen a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shaheen},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}