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Stijn

Stijn 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.

MaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict
Male
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
Belgium, Netherlands
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Stijn

If you do not know Stijn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Stijn,” in English, “Guten Tag Stijn,” 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 Stijn,

German

Guten Tag Stijn,

French

Bonjour Stijn,

Spanish

Estimado/a Stijn:

Chinese

Stijn您好：

Japanese

Stijn様

English

Hi Stijn,

German

Hi Stijn,

French

Salut Stijn,

Spanish

Hola Stijn,

Chinese

Stijn你好：

Japanese

Stijn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

Classification of Stijn by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
Belgiumuncommonman's name
Netherlandsrareman's name

Frequently asked questions

Is Stijn a male or female name?

Stijn 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 Stijn in an email?

If you do not know Stijn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Stijn,” in English, “Guten Tag Stijn,” 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 Stijn a unisex name?

Stijn 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

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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.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Stijn a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/stijn. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_stijn,
  title  = {Is Stijn a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/stijn},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}