Arya

Arya is a unisex given name: about 15% of people named Arya are men and 85% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 15%Female 85%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 15% male / 85% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 1,912 male / 11,117 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Arya

To address Arya when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Arya," in English, "Guten Tag Arya," in German. About 15% of people named Arya are men and 85% 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 Arya,

German

Guten Tag Arya,

French

Bonjour Arya,

Spanish

Estimado/a Arya:

Chinese

Arya您好：

Japanese

Arya様

English

Hi Arya,

German

Hi Arya,

French

Salut Arya,

Spanish

Hola Arya,

Chinese

Arya你好：

Japanese

Arya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 Arya by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	15%

United States birth data

1,912 male · 11,117 female · 13,029 births recorded

Male 15%Female 85%

Since 1980: 15% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Arya a male or female name?

Arya is a unisex given name: about 15% of people named Arya are men and 85% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Arya in an email?

Is Arya a unisex name?

Arya is not a unisex name: 15% of people named Arya are men. Arya 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 Arya a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/arya (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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