Sheridan
Sheridan is classified as a mostly 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
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 2,721 male / 5,439 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Sheridan
If you do not know Sheridan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sheridan,” in English, “Guten Tag Sheridan,” 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 Sheridan,
German
Guten Tag Sheridan,
French
Bonjour Sheridan,
Spanish
Estimado/a Sheridan:
Chinese
Sheridan您好：
Japanese
Sheridan様
English
Hi Sheridan,
German
Hi Sheridan,
French
Salut Sheridan,
Spanish
Hola Sheridan,
Chinese
Sheridan你好：
Japanese
Sheridan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 | common | unisex name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
2,721 male · 5,439 female · 8,160 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 17.5% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Sheridan a male or female name?
Sheridan is classified as a mostly 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 Sheridan in an email?
If you do not know Sheridan’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sheridan,” in English, “Guten Tag Sheridan,” 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 Sheridan a unisex name?
Sheridan 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 Sheridan a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sheridan. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sheridan,
title = {Is Sheridan a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sheridan},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}