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Donyale

Donyale is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Donyale are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 18%Female 82%

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
18% male / 82% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
79 male / 354 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Donyale

To address Donyale when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Donyale," in English, "Guten Tag Donyale," in German. About 18% of people named Donyale are men and 82% 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 Donyale,

German

Guten Tag Donyale,

French

Bonjour Donyale,

Spanish

Estimado/a Donyale:

Chinese

Donyale您好：

Japanese

Donyale様

English

Hi Donyale,

German

Hi Donyale,

French

Salut Donyale,

Spanish

Hola Donyale,

Chinese

Donyale你好：

Japanese

Donyale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 Donyale by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrarewoman's name18%

United States birth data

79 male · 354 female · 433 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 17% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Donyale a male or female name?

Donyale is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Donyale are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Donyale in an email?

To address Donyale when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Donyale," in English, "Guten Tag Donyale," in German. About 18% of people named Donyale are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Donyale a unisex name?

Donyale is not a unisex name: 18% of people named Donyale are men. Donyale 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 Donyale a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/donyale (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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