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Janaki

Janaki is a unisex given name: about 87% of people named Janaki are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 87%Female 13%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
87% male / 13% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
Bulgaria, United States
US births since 1880
0 male / 162 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Janaki

To address Janaki when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Janaki," in English, "Guten Tag Janaki," in German. About 87% of people named Janaki are men and 13% 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 Janaki,

German

Guten Tag Janaki,

French

Bonjour Janaki,

Spanish

Estimado/a Janaki:

Chinese

Janaki您好：

Japanese

Janaki様

English

Hi Janaki,

German

Hi Janaki,

French

Salut Janaki,

Spanish

Hola Janaki,

Chinese

Janaki你好：

Japanese

Janaki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 Janaki by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Bulgariauncommonman's name98%
United Statesrarewoman's name0%

United States birth data

0 male · 162 female · 162 births recorded

Male 0%Female 100%

Since 1980: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Janaki a male or female name?

Janaki is a unisex given name: about 87% of people named Janaki are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Janaki in an email?

To address Janaki when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Janaki," in English, "Guten Tag Janaki," in German. About 87% of people named Janaki are men and 13% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Janaki a unisex name?

Janaki is not a unisex name: 87% of people named Janaki are men. Janaki 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 Janaki a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/janaki (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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