Shirleen
Shirleen 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 / 1,791 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shirleen
If you do not know Shirleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shirleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Shirleen,” 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 Shirleen,
German
Guten Tag Shirleen,
French
Bonjour Shirleen,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shirleen:
Chinese
Shirleen您好：
Japanese
Shirleen様
English
Hi Shirleen,
German
Hi Shirleen,
French
Salut Shirleen,
Spanish
Hola Shirleen,
Chinese
Shirleen你好：
Japanese
Shirleen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 · 1,791 female · 1,791 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shirleen a male or female name?
Shirleen 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 Shirleen in an email?
If you do not know Shirleen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shirleen,” in English, “Guten Tag Shirleen,” 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 Shirleen a unisex name?
Shirleen 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 Shirleen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shirleen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shirleen,
title = {Is Shirleen a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shirleen},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}