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Corliss

Corliss is a unisex given name: about 11% of people named Corliss are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 11%Female 89%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
11% male / 89% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
343 male / 2,848 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Corliss

To address Corliss when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Corliss," in English, "Guten Tag Corliss," in German. About 11% of people named Corliss are men and 89% 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 Corliss,

German

Guten Tag Corliss,

French

Bonjour Corliss,

Spanish

Estimado/a Corliss:

Chinese

Corliss您好：

Japanese

Corliss様

English

Hi Corliss,

German

Hi Corliss,

French

Salut Corliss,

Spanish

Hola Corliss,

Chinese

Corliss你好：

Japanese

Corliss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 Corliss by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name11%

United States birth data

343 male · 2,848 female · 3,191 births recorded

Male 11%Female 89%

Since 1980: 26% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Corliss a male or female name?

Corliss is a unisex given name: about 11% of people named Corliss are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Corliss in an email?

To address Corliss when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Corliss," in English, "Guten Tag Corliss," in German. About 11% of people named Corliss are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Corliss a unisex name?

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

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