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Foy

Foy is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Foy are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 83%Female 17%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
83% male / 17% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
2,112 male / 421 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Foy

To address Foy when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Foy," in English, "Guten Tag Foy," in German. About 83% of people named Foy are men and 17% 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 Foy,

German

Guten Tag Foy,

French

Bonjour Foy,

Spanish

Estimado/a Foy:

Chinese

Foy您好：

Japanese

Foy様

English

Hi Foy,

German

Hi Foy,

French

Salut Foy,

Spanish

Hola Foy,

Chinese

Foy你好：

Japanese

Foy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 Foy by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name83%

United States birth data

2,112 male · 421 female · 2,533 births recorded

Male 83%Female 17%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Foy a male or female name?

Foy is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Foy are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Foy in an email?

To address Foy when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Foy," in English, "Guten Tag Foy," in German. About 83% of people named Foy are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Foy a unisex name?

Foy is not a unisex name: 83% of people named Foy are men. Foy leans strongly male 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 Foy a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/foy (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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