Vidya
Vidya 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
- India and Sri Lanka, United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 405 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Vidya
If you do not know Vidya’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Vidya,” in English, “Guten Tag Vidya,” 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 Vidya,
German
Guten Tag Vidya,
French
Bonjour Vidya,
Spanish
Estimado/a Vidya:
Chinese
Vidya您好：
Japanese
Vidya様
English
Hi Vidya,
German
Hi Vidya,
French
Salut Vidya,
Spanish
Hola Vidya,
Chinese
Vidya你好：
Japanese
Vidya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 |
|---|---|---|
| India and Sri Lanka | rare | woman's name |
| United States | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 405 female · 405 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Vidya a male or female name?
Vidya 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 Vidya in an email?
If you do not know Vidya’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Vidya,” in English, “Guten Tag Vidya,” 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 Vidya a unisex name?
Vidya 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 Vidya a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/vidya. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_vidya,
title = {Is Vidya a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/vidya},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}