Chia

Chia is a unisex given name: about 30% of people named Chia are men and 70% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 30%Female 70%

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

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 30% male / 70% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, China
US births since 1880: 69 male / 214 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Chia

To address Chia when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Chia," in English, "Guten Tag Chia," in German. About 30% of people named Chia are men and 70% 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 Chia,

German

Guten Tag Chia,

French

Bonjour Chia,

Spanish

Estimado/a Chia:

Chinese

Chia您好：

Japanese

Chia様

English

Hi Chia,

German

Hi Chia,

French

Salut Chia,

Spanish

Hola Chia,

Chinese

Chia你好：

Japanese

Chia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 Chia by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	24%
China	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

69 male · 214 female · 283 births recorded

Male 24%Female 76%

Since 1980: 27% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Chia a male or female name?

Chia is a unisex given name: about 30% of people named Chia are men and 70% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Chia in an email?

Is Chia a unisex name?

Chia is not a unisex name: 30% of people named Chia are men. Chia 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 Chia a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/chia (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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