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Shahnaz

Shahnaz is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Arabic and Persian countries
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Shahnaz

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

German

Guten Tag Shahnaz,

French

Bonjour Shahnaz,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shahnaz:

Chinese

Shahnaz您好：

Japanese

Shahnaz様

English

Hi Shahnaz,

German

Hi Shahnaz,

French

Salut Shahnaz,

Spanish

Hola Shahnaz,

Chinese

Shahnaz你好：

Japanese

Shahnaz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 Shahnaz by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Arabic and Persian countriesuncommonwoman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is Shahnaz a male or female name?

Shahnaz is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Shahnaz in an email?

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

Shahnaz is classified as generally female 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.

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

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