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Thu is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Thu are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 25%Female 75%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
25% male / 75% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
Vietnam, United States
US births since 1880
5 male / 820 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Thu

To address Thu when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Thu," in English, "Guten Tag Thu," in German. About 25% of people named Thu are men and 75% 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 Thu,

German

Guten Tag Thu,

French

Bonjour Thu,

Spanish

Estimado/a Thu:

Chinese

Thu您好：

Japanese

Thu様

English

Hi Thu,

German

Hi Thu,

French

Salut Thu,

Spanish

Hola Thu,

Chinese

Thu你好：

Japanese

Thu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 Thu by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Vietnamvery commonwoman's name25%
United Statesuncommonwoman's name1%

United States birth data

5 male · 820 female · 825 births recorded

Male 1%Female 99%

Since 1980: 1% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Thu a male or female name?

Thu is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Thu are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Thu in an email?

To address Thu when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Thu," in English, "Guten Tag Thu," in German. About 25% of people named Thu are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Thu a unisex name?

Thu is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Thu are men. Thu leans strongly female overall.

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

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