Desire
Desire is a female given name: 93% of people named Desire are women, and it is recorded as female in 3 of the 5 countries covered.
Desire · Désiré
- Verdict
- Female
- Male / female split
- 7% male / 93% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Belgium, France
- Also spelled
- Désiré
- US births since 1880
- 50 male / 4,616 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Desire
When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear Desire," in English, "Guten Tag Desire," in German. Desire is a female given name: about 93% of people named Desire are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Desire,
German
Guten Tag Desire,
French
Bonjour Desire,
Spanish
Estimado/a Desire:
Chinese
Desire您好：
Japanese
Desire様
English
Hi Desire,
German
Hi Desire,
French
Salut Desire,
Spanish
Hola Desire,
Chinese
Desire你好：
Japanese
Desireさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name | 1% |
| Belgium | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| France | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Luxembourg | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Netherlands | rare | woman's name | 2% |
United States birth data
50 male · 4,616 female · 4,666 births recorded
Since 1980: 1% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Desire a male or female name?
Desire is a female given name: 93% of people named Desire are women, and it is recorded as female in 3 of the 5 countries covered.
How do I address Desire in an email?
When you do not know their gender for certain, the full name with no title is the safe choice: "Dear Desire," in English, "Guten Tag Desire," in German. Desire is a female given name: about 93% of people named Desire are women. A quick look at a profile confirms it for certain.
Is Desire a unisex name?
Desire is not a unisex name: 7% of people named Desire are men. Desire leans strongly female overall.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Desire a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/desire (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_desire,
title = {Is Desire a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/desire},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}