Shakil
Shakil 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
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Arabic and Persian countries, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 172 male / 5 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shakil
If you do not know Shakil’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shakil,” in English, “Guten Tag Shakil,” 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 Shakil,
German
Guten Tag Shakil,
French
Bonjour Shakil,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shakil:
Chinese
Shakil您好：
Japanese
Shakil様
English
Hi Shakil,
German
Hi Shakil,
French
Salut Shakil,
Spanish
Hola Shakil,
Chinese
Shakil你好：
Japanese
Shakil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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic and Persian countries | uncommon | man's name |
| United States | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
172 male · 5 female · 177 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 97.2% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shakil a male or female name?
Shakil 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 Shakil in an email?
If you do not know Shakil’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shakil,” in English, “Guten Tag Shakil,” 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 Shakil a unisex name?
Shakil 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 Shakil a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shakil. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shakil,
title = {Is Shakil a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shakil},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}