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Diet

Diet is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Diet are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 26%Female 74%

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
26% male / 74% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Netherlands, Vietnam
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Diet

To address Diet when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Diet," in English, "Guten Tag Diet," in German. About 26% of people named Diet are men and 74% 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 Diet,

German

Guten Tag Diet,

French

Bonjour Diet,

Spanish

Estimado/a Diet:

Chinese

Diet您好：

Japanese

Diet様

English

Hi Diet,

German

Hi Diet,

French

Salut Diet,

Spanish

Hola Diet,

Chinese

Diet你好：

Japanese

Diet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 Diet by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Netherlandsrarewoman's name2%
Vietnamrareunisex name50%

Frequently asked questions

Is Diet a male or female name?

Diet is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Diet are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Diet in an email?

To address Diet when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Diet," in English, "Guten Tag Diet," in German. About 26% of people named Diet are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Diet a unisex name?

Diet is not a unisex name: 26% of people named Diet are men. Diet 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 Diet a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/diet (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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