Amal

Amal is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Amal are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 22%Female 78%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 22% male / 78% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: Arabic and Persian countries, United States, India and Sri Lanka
US births since 1880: 289 male / 2,540 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Amal

To address Amal when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Amal," in English, "Guten Tag Amal," in German. About 22% of people named Amal are men and 78% 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 Amal,

German

Guten Tag Amal,

French

Bonjour Amal,

Spanish

Estimado/a Amal:

Chinese

Amal您好：

Japanese

Amal様

English

Hi Amal,

German

Hi Amal,

French

Salut Amal,

Spanish

Hola Amal,

Chinese

Amal你好：

Japanese

Amal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 Amal by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
Arabic and Persian countries	common	woman's name	25%
United States	uncommon	woman's name	10%
India and Sri Lanka	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

289 male · 2,540 female · 2,829 births recorded

Male 10%Female 90%

Since 1980: 11% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Amal a male or female name?

Amal is a unisex given name: about 22% of people named Amal are men and 78% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Amal in an email?

Is Amal a unisex name?

Amal is not a unisex name: 22% of people named Amal are men. Amal leans strongly female overall.

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

BibTeX

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