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Cherokee

Cherokee is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Cherokee are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 12%Female 88%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
12% male / 88% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
337 male / 2,414 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Cherokee

To address Cherokee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Cherokee," in English, "Guten Tag Cherokee," in German. About 12% of people named Cherokee are men and 88% 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 Cherokee,

German

Guten Tag Cherokee,

French

Bonjour Cherokee,

Spanish

Estimado/a Cherokee:

Chinese

Cherokee您好：

Japanese

Cherokee様

English

Hi Cherokee,

German

Hi Cherokee,

French

Salut Cherokee,

Spanish

Hola Cherokee,

Chinese

Cherokee你好：

Japanese

Cherokee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 Cherokee by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name12%

United States birth data

337 male · 2,414 female · 2,751 births recorded

Male 12%Female 88%

Since 1980: 13% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Cherokee a male or female name?

Cherokee is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Cherokee are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Cherokee in an email?

To address Cherokee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Cherokee," in English, "Guten Tag Cherokee," in German. About 12% of people named Cherokee are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Cherokee a unisex name?

Cherokee is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Cherokee are men. Cherokee leans strongly female overall.

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

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