Thijs
Thijs 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.
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
- Netherlands, Belgium
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Thijs
If you do not know Thijs’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Thijs,” in English, “Guten Tag Thijs,” 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 Thijs,
German
Guten Tag Thijs,
French
Bonjour Thijs,
Spanish
Estimado/a Thijs:
Chinese
Thijs您好：
Japanese
Thijs様
English
Hi Thijs,
German
Hi Thijs,
French
Salut Thijs,
Spanish
Hola Thijs,
Chinese
Thijs你好：
Japanese
Thijs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 |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | uncommon | man's name |
| Belgium | rare | man's name |
Frequently asked questions
Is Thijs a male or female name?
Thijs 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 Thijs in an email?
If you do not know Thijs’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Thijs,” in English, “Guten Tag Thijs,” 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 Thijs a unisex name?
Thijs 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
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 Thijs a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/thijs. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_thijs,
title = {Is Thijs a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/thijs},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}