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Yee

Yee is a unisex given name: about 57% of people named Yee are men and 43% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexLow
Male 57%Female 43%

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
57% male / 43% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States, China
US births since 1880
281 male / 201 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Yee

To address Yee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Yee," in English, "Guten Tag Yee," in German. About 57% of people named Yee are men and 43% 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 Yee,

German

Guten Tag Yee,

French

Bonjour Yee,

Spanish

Estimado/a Yee:

Chinese

Yee您好：

Japanese

Yee様

English

Hi Yee,

German

Hi Yee,

French

Salut Yee,

Spanish

Hola Yee,

Chinese

Yee你好：

Japanese

Yee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 Yee by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrareunisex name58%
Chinarareunisex name50%

United States birth data

281 male · 201 female · 482 births recorded

Male 58%Female 42%

Since 1980: 54% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yee a male or female name?

Yee is a unisex given name: about 57% of people named Yee are men and 43% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Yee in an email?

To address Yee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Yee," in English, "Guten Tag Yee," in German. About 57% of people named Yee are men and 43% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Yee a unisex name?

Yee is a unisex name: 57% of people named Yee are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

Related names

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

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