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Tanis

Tanis is a unisex given name: about 34% of people named Tanis are men and 66% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 34%Female 66%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
34% male / 66% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
508 male / 983 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Tanis

To address Tanis when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tanis," in English, "Guten Tag Tanis," in German. About 34% of people named Tanis are men and 66% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Tanis,

German

Guten Tag Tanis,

French

Bonjour Tanis,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tanis:

Chinese

Tanis您好：

Japanese

Tanis様

English

Hi Tanis,

German

Hi Tanis,

French

Salut Tanis,

Spanish

Hola Tanis,

Chinese

Tanis你好：

Japanese

Tanis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 Tanis by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name34%

United States birth data

508 male · 983 female · 1,491 births recorded

Male 34%Female 66%

Since 1980: 65% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tanis a male or female name?

Tanis is a unisex given name: about 34% of people named Tanis are men and 66% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Tanis in an email?

To address Tanis when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tanis," in English, "Guten Tag Tanis," in German. About 34% of people named Tanis are men and 66% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Tanis a unisex name?

Tanis is not a unisex name: 34% of people named Tanis are men. Tanis leans strongly female overall.

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

Cite this page

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

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