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Gearl

Gearl is a unisex given name: about 79% of people named Gearl are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleLow
Male 79%Female 21%

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

Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
79% male / 21% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
236 male / 64 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Gearl

To address Gearl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Gearl," in English, "Guten Tag Gearl," in German. About 79% of people named Gearl are men and 21% 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 Gearl,

German

Guten Tag Gearl,

French

Bonjour Gearl,

Spanish

Estimado/a Gearl:

Chinese

Gearl您好：

Japanese

Gearl様

English

Hi Gearl,

German

Hi Gearl,

French

Salut Gearl,

Spanish

Hola Gearl,

Chinese

Gearl你好：

Japanese

Gearl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 Gearl by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrareman's name79%

United States birth data

236 male · 64 female · 300 births recorded

Male 79%Female 21%

Frequently asked questions

Is Gearl a male or female name?

Gearl is a unisex given name: about 79% of people named Gearl are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Gearl in an email?

To address Gearl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Gearl," in English, "Guten Tag Gearl," in German. About 79% of people named Gearl are men and 21% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Gearl a unisex name?

Gearl is not a unisex name: 79% of people named Gearl are men. Gearl 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 Gearl a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/gearl (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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