Sheldon
Sheldon 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
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 36,029 male / 496 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sheldon
If you do not know Sheldon’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sheldon,” in English, “Guten Tag Sheldon,” 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 Sheldon,
German
Guten Tag Sheldon,
French
Bonjour Sheldon,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sheldon:
Chinese
Sheldon您好：
Japanese
Sheldon様
English
Hi Sheldon,
German
Hi Sheldon,
French
Salut Sheldon,
Spanish
Hola Sheldon,
Chinese
Sheldon你好：
Japanese
Sheldon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 | very common | man's name |
United States birth data
36,029 male · 496 female · 36,525 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 97.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sheldon a male or female name?
Sheldon 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 Sheldon in an email?
If you do not know Sheldon’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sheldon,” in English, “Guten Tag Sheldon,” 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 Sheldon a unisex name?
Sheldon 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 Sheldon a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sheldon. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sheldon,
title = {Is Sheldon a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sheldon},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}