Freddie
Freddie is a unisex given name: about 88% of people named Freddie are men and 12% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 88% male / 12% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Netherlands, Denmark
- US births since 1880
- 72,600 male / 10,247 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Freddie
To address Freddie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Freddie," in English, "Guten Tag Freddie," in German. About 88% of people named Freddie are men and 12% 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 Freddie,
German
Guten Tag Freddie,
French
Bonjour Freddie,
Spanish
Estimado/a Freddie:
Chinese
Freddie您好：
Japanese
Freddie様
English
Hi Freddie,
German
Hi Freddie,
French
Salut Freddie,
Spanish
Hola Freddie,
Chinese
Freddie你好：
Japanese
Freddieさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name | 88% |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Denmark | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Malta | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Norway | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Sweden | rare | man's name | 75% |
United States birth data
72,600 male · 10,247 female · 82,847 births recorded
Since 1980: 98% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Freddie a male or female name?
Freddie is a unisex given name: about 88% of people named Freddie are men and 12% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Freddie in an email?
To address Freddie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Freddie," in English, "Guten Tag Freddie," in German. About 88% of people named Freddie are men and 12% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Freddie a unisex name?
Freddie is not a unisex name: 88% of people named Freddie are men. Freddie leans strongly male overall.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Freddie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/freddie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_freddie,
title = {Is Freddie a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/freddie},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}