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So Young

So Young is a female given name: 98% of people named So Young are women, and it is recorded as female in 1 of the 1 countries covered.

FemaleMedium
Male 2%Female 98%

So Young · Soyoung · So-Young

Verdict
Female
Male / female split
2% male / 98% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Korea
Also spelled
Soyoung, So-Young
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address So Young

When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear So Young," in English, "Guten Tag So Young," in German. So Young is a female given name: about 98% of people named So Young are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear So Young,

German

Guten Tag So Young,

French

Bonjour So Young,

Spanish

Estimado/a So Young:

Chinese

YoungSo您好：

Japanese

Young様

English

Hi So,

German

Hi So,

French

Salut So,

Spanish

Hola So,

Chinese

So你好：

Japanese

Soさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name So Young by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Koreauncommonwoman's name2%

Frequently asked questions

Is So Young a male or female name?

So Young is a female given name: 98% of people named So Young are women, and it is recorded as female in 1 of the 1 countries covered.

How do I address So Young in an email?

When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear So Young," in English, "Guten Tag So Young," in German. So Young is a female given name: about 98% of people named So Young are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.

Is So Young a unisex name?

So Young is not a unisex name: 2% of people named So Young are men. So Young leans strongly female overall.

Related names

YoungMostly femaleJungUnisexHeeMostly femaleMinMostly maleDongMostly maleYongMostly maleJinMostly femaleSangUnisex

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, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is So Young a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/so-young (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_soyoung,
  title  = {Is So Young a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/so-young},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}