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Bethel

Bethel is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Bethel are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 17%Female 83%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
17% male / 83% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
999 male / 4,794 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Bethel

To address Bethel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Bethel," in English, "Guten Tag Bethel," in German. About 17% of people named Bethel are men and 83% 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 Bethel,

German

Guten Tag Bethel,

French

Bonjour Bethel,

Spanish

Estimado/a Bethel:

Chinese

Bethel您好：

Japanese

Bethel様

English

Hi Bethel,

German

Hi Bethel,

French

Salut Bethel,

Spanish

Hola Bethel,

Chinese

Bethel你好：

Japanese

Bethel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 Bethel by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonwoman's name17%

United States birth data

999 male · 4,794 female · 5,793 births recorded

Male 17%Female 83%

Since 1980: 3% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bethel a male or female name?

Bethel is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Bethel are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Bethel in an email?

To address Bethel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Bethel," in English, "Guten Tag Bethel," in German. About 17% of people named Bethel are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Bethel a unisex name?

Bethel is not a unisex name: 17% of people named Bethel are men. Bethel leans strongly female overall.

Related names

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

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