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Fay

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

Mostly femaleHigh
Male 12%Female 88%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
12% male / 88% female
Confidence
High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880
4,118 male / 31,745 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Fay

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

German

Guten Tag Fay,

French

Bonjour Fay,

Spanish

Estimado/a Fay:

Chinese

Fay您好：

Japanese

Fay様

English

Hi Fay,

German

Hi Fay,

French

Salut Fay,

Spanish

Hola Fay,

Chinese

Fay你好：

Japanese

Fay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 Fay by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statescommonwoman's name12%
Great Britainrarewoman's name25%

United States birth data

4,118 male · 31,745 female · 35,863 births recorded

Male 11%Female 89%

Since 1980: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Fay a male or female name?

Fay is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Fay 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 Fay in an email?

To address Fay when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Fay," in English, "Guten Tag Fay," in German. About 12% of people named Fay 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 Fay a unisex name?

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

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