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Wai

Wai is a unisex given name: about 58% of people named Wai are men and 42% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexLow
Male 58%Female 42%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
58% male / 42% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
China, United States
US births since 1880
174 male / 88 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Wai

To address Wai when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Wai," in English, "Guten Tag Wai," in German. About 58% of people named Wai are men and 42% 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 Wai,

German

Guten Tag Wai,

French

Bonjour Wai,

Spanish

Estimado/a Wai:

Chinese

Wai您好：

Japanese

Wai様

English

Hi Wai,

German

Hi Wai,

French

Salut Wai,

Spanish

Hola Wai,

Chinese

Wai你好：

Japanese

Wai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 Wai by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Chinarareunisex name50%
United Statesrareman's name66%

United States birth data

174 male · 88 female · 262 births recorded

Male 66%Female 34%

Since 1980: 66% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Wai a male or female name?

Wai is a unisex given name: about 58% of people named Wai are men and 42% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Wai in an email?

To address Wai when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Wai," in English, "Guten Tag Wai," in German. About 58% of people named Wai are men and 42% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Wai a unisex name?

Wai is a unisex name: 58% of people named Wai are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

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

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