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Danyel

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

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 21%Female 79%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
21% male / 79% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
666 male / 2,504 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Danyel

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

German

Guten Tag Danyel,

French

Bonjour Danyel,

Spanish

Estimado/a Danyel:

Chinese

Danyel您好：

Japanese

Danyel様

English

Hi Danyel,

German

Hi Danyel,

French

Salut Danyel,

Spanish

Hola Danyel,

Chinese

Danyel你好：

Japanese

Danyel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 Danyel by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name21%

United States birth data

666 male · 2,504 female · 3,170 births recorded

Male 21%Female 79%

Since 1980: 24% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Danyel a male or female name?

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

How do I address Danyel in an email?

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

Is Danyel a unisex name?

Danyel is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Danyel are men. Danyel 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 Danyel a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/danyel (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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