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Douwe

Douwe is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Douwe are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 75%Female 25%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
75% male / 25% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Netherlands
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Douwe

To address Douwe when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Douwe," in English, "Guten Tag Douwe," in German. About 75% of people named Douwe are men and 25% 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 Douwe,

German

Guten Tag Douwe,

French

Bonjour Douwe,

Spanish

Estimado/a Douwe:

Chinese

Douwe您好：

Japanese

Douwe様

English

Hi Douwe,

German

Hi Douwe,

French

Salut Douwe,

Spanish

Hola Douwe,

Chinese

Douwe你好：

Japanese

Douwe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 Douwe by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Netherlandsuncommonman's name75%

Frequently asked questions

Is Douwe a male or female name?

Douwe is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Douwe are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Douwe in an email?

To address Douwe when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Douwe," in English, "Guten Tag Douwe," in German. About 75% of people named Douwe are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Douwe a unisex name?

Douwe is not a unisex name: 75% of people named Douwe are men. Douwe leans strongly male 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 Douwe a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/douwe (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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