Charon

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

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 17%Female 83%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 17% male / 83% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Netherlands
US births since 1880: 215 male / 1,001 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Charon

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

German

Guten Tag Charon,

French

Bonjour Charon,

Spanish

Estimado/a Charon:

Chinese

Charon您好：

Japanese

Charon様

English

Hi Charon,

German

Hi Charon,

French

Salut Charon,

Spanish

Hola Charon,

Chinese

Charon你好：

Japanese

Charon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 Charon by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	18%
Netherlands	rare	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

215 male · 1,001 female · 1,216 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 32% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Charon a male or female name?

Charon is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Charon 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 Charon in an email?

Is Charon a unisex name?

Charon is not a unisex name: 17% of people named Charon are men. Charon 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 Charon a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/charon (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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