Austen

Austen is a unisex given name: about 89% of people named Austen are men and 11% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleHigh

Male 89%Female 11%

Verdict: Mostly male
Male / female split: 89% male / 11% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 7,516 male / 837 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Austen

To address Austen when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Austen," in English, "Guten Tag Austen," in German. About 89% of people named Austen are men and 11% 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 Austen,

German

Guten Tag Austen,

French

Bonjour Austen,

Spanish

Estimado/a Austen:

Chinese

Austen您好：

Japanese

Austen様

English

Hi Austen,

German

Hi Austen,

French

Salut Austen,

Spanish

Hola Austen,

Chinese

Austen你好：

Japanese

Austen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 Austen by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	man's name	90%
Great Britain	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

7,516 male · 837 female · 8,353 births recorded

Male 90%Female 10%

Since 1980: 90% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Austen a male or female name?

Austen is a unisex given name: about 89% of people named Austen are men and 11% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Austen in an email?

Is Austen a unisex name?

Austen is not a unisex name: 89% of people named Austen are men. Austen leans strongly male 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 Austen a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/austen (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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