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Donie

Donie is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Donie are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 12%Female 88%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
12% male / 88% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
131 male / 956 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Donie

To address Donie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Donie," in English, "Guten Tag Donie," in German. About 12% of people named Donie are men and 88% 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 Donie,

German

Guten Tag Donie,

French

Bonjour Donie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Donie:

Chinese

Donie您好：

Japanese

Donie様

English

Hi Donie,

German

Hi Donie,

French

Salut Donie,

Spanish

Hola Donie,

Chinese

Donie你好：

Japanese

Donie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 Donie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name12%

United States birth data

131 male · 956 female · 1,087 births recorded

Male 12%Female 88%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Donie a male or female name?

Donie is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Donie are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Donie in an email?

To address Donie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Donie," in English, "Guten Tag Donie," in German. About 12% of people named Donie are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Donie a unisex name?

Donie is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Donie are men. Donie leans strongly female 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 Donie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/donie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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