Timber
Timber is classified as a mostly female 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
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 532 male / 1,018 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Timber
If you do not know Timber’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Timber,” in English, “Guten Tag Timber,” 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 Timber,
German
Guten Tag Timber,
French
Bonjour Timber,
Spanish
Estimado/a Timber:
Chinese
Timber您好：
Japanese
Timber様
English
Hi Timber,
German
Hi Timber,
French
Salut Timber,
Spanish
Hola Timber,
Chinese
Timber你好：
Japanese
Timber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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
532 male · 1,018 female · 1,550 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 34.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Timber a male or female name?
Timber is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Timber in an email?
If you do not know Timber’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Timber,” in English, “Guten Tag Timber,” 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 Timber a unisex name?
Timber is classified as generally female 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 Timber a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/timber. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_timber,
title = {Is Timber a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/timber},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}