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Collyn

Collyn is a unisex given name: about 79% of people named Collyn are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 79%Female 21%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
79% male / 21% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
769 male / 203 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Collyn

To address Collyn when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Collyn," in English, "Guten Tag Collyn," in German. About 79% of people named Collyn are men and 21% 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 Collyn,

German

Guten Tag Collyn,

French

Bonjour Collyn,

Spanish

Estimado/a Collyn:

Chinese

Collyn您好：

Japanese

Collyn様

English

Hi Collyn,

German

Hi Collyn,

French

Salut Collyn,

Spanish

Hola Collyn,

Chinese

Collyn你好：

Japanese

Collyn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 Collyn by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name79%

United States birth data

769 male · 203 female · 972 births recorded

Male 79%Female 21%

Since 1980: 80% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Collyn a male or female name?

Collyn is a unisex given name: about 79% of people named Collyn are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Collyn in an email?

To address Collyn when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Collyn," in English, "Guten Tag Collyn," in German. About 79% of people named Collyn are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Collyn a unisex name?

Collyn is not a unisex name: 79% of people named Collyn are men. Collyn leans strongly male 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 Collyn a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/collyn (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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