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Ban

Ban is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Ban are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 50%Female 50%

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

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
50% male / 50% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Vietnam, Arabic and Persian countries
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Ban

To address Ban when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ban," in English, "Guten Tag Ban," in German. About 50% of people named Ban are men and 50% 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 Ban,

German

Guten Tag Ban,

French

Bonjour Ban,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ban:

Chinese

Ban您好：

Japanese

Ban様

English

Hi Ban,

German

Hi Ban,

French

Salut Ban,

Spanish

Hola Ban,

Chinese

Ban你好：

Japanese

Ban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 Ban by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Vietnamuncommonunisex name50%
Arabic and Persian countriesrareunisex name50%

Frequently asked questions

Is Ban a male or female name?

Ban is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Ban are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ban in an email?

To address Ban when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ban," in English, "Guten Tag Ban," in German. About 50% of people named Ban are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Ban a unisex name?

Ban is a unisex name: 50% of people named Ban 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 Ban a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ban (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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