Sharia
Sharia 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.
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
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 648 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sharia
If you do not know Sharia’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sharia,” in English, “Guten Tag Sharia,” 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 Sharia,
German
Guten Tag Sharia,
French
Bonjour Sharia,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sharia:
Chinese
Sharia您好：
Japanese
Sharia様
English
Hi Sharia,
German
Hi Sharia,
French
Salut Sharia,
Spanish
Hola Sharia,
Chinese
Sharia你好：
Japanese
Sharia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 | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 648 female · 648 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sharia a male or female name?
Sharia 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 Sharia in an email?
If you do not know Sharia’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sharia,” in English, “Guten Tag Sharia,” 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 Sharia a unisex name?
Sharia 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.
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 Sharia a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sharia. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sharia,
title = {Is Sharia a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sharia},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}