Charly
Charly is a unisex given name: about 53% of people named Charly are men and 47% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.
- Verdict
- Unisex
- Male / female split
- 53% male / 47% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Switzerland, France
- US births since 1880
- 1,068 male / 1,923 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Charly
To address Charly when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Charly," in English, "Guten Tag Charly," in German. About 53% of people named Charly are men and 47% 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 Charly,
German
Guten Tag Charly,
French
Bonjour Charly,
Spanish
Estimado/a Charly:
Chinese
Charly您好：
Japanese
Charly様
English
Hi Charly,
German
Hi Charly,
French
Salut Charly,
Spanish
Hola Charly,
Chinese
Charly你好：
Japanese
Charlyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name | 36% |
| Switzerland | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| France | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Belgium | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Ireland | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Luxembourg | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
1,068 male · 1,923 female · 2,991 births recorded
Since 1980: 34% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Charly a male or female name?
Charly is a unisex given name: about 53% of people named Charly are men and 47% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Charly in an email?
To address Charly when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Charly," in English, "Guten Tag Charly," in German. About 53% of people named Charly are men and 47% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Charly a unisex name?
Charly is a unisex name: 53% of people named Charly are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Charly a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/charly (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_charly,
title = {Is Charly a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/charly},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}