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Hye Young

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

Mostly femaleLow
Male 25%Female 75%

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

Hye Young · Hyeyoung · Hye-Young

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
25% male / 75% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Korea
Also spelled
Hyeyoung, Hye-Young
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Hye Young

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

German

Guten Tag Hye Young,

French

Bonjour Hye Young,

Spanish

Estimado/a Hye Young:

Chinese

YoungHye您好：

Japanese

Young様

English

Hi Hye,

German

Hi Hye,

French

Salut Hye,

Spanish

Hola Hye,

Chinese

Hye你好：

Japanese

Hye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 Hye Young by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Koreararewoman's name25%

Frequently asked questions

Is Hye Young a male or female name?

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

How do I address Hye Young in an email?

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

Is Hye Young a unisex name?

Hye Young is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Hye Young are men. Hye Young leans strongly female overall.

Related names

YoungMostly femaleJungUnisexHeeMostly femaleMinMostly maleDongMostly maleYongMostly maleJinMostly femaleSangUnisex

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 Hye Young a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/hye-young (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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