Beda

Beda is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Beda are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 25%Female 75%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 25% male / 75% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Switzerland, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 0 male / 328 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Beda

To address Beda when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Beda," in English, "Guten Tag Beda," in German. About 25% of people named Beda are men and 75% 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 Beda,

German

Guten Tag Beda,

French

Bonjour Beda,

Spanish

Estimado/a Beda:

Chinese

Beda您好：

Japanese

Beda様

English

Hi Beda,

German

Hi Beda,

French

Salut Beda,

Spanish

Hola Beda,

Chinese

Beda你好：

Japanese

Beda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 Beda by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	0%
Switzerland	rare	man's name	98%
Great Britain	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

0 male · 328 female · 328 births recorded

Male 0%Female 100%

Frequently asked questions

Is Beda a male or female name?

Beda is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Beda are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Beda in an email?

Is Beda a unisex name?

Beda is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Beda are men. Beda 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 Beda a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/beda (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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