Jinan

Jinan is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Jinan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 12%Female 88%

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

Jinan · Jin An · Jin-An

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 12% male / 88% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Arabic and Persian countries, China
Also spelled: Jin An, Jin-An
US births since 1880: 5 male / 176 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Jinan

To address Jinan when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Jinan," in English, "Guten Tag Jinan," in German. About 12% of people named Jinan are men and 88% 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 Jinan,

German

Guten Tag Jinan,

French

Bonjour Jinan,

Spanish

Estimado/a Jinan:

Chinese

Jinan您好：

Japanese

Jinan様

English

Hi Jinan,

German

Hi Jinan,

French

Salut Jinan,

Spanish

Hola Jinan,

Chinese

Jinan你好：

Japanese

Jinan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 Jinan by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	3%
Arabic and Persian countries	rare	woman's name	2%
China	rare	unisex name	50%
Turkey	rare	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

5 male · 176 female · 181 births recorded

Male 3%Female 97%

Since 1980: 3% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Jinan a male or female name?

Jinan is a unisex given name: about 12% of people named Jinan are men and 88% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Jinan in an email?

Is Jinan a unisex name?

Jinan is not a unisex name: 12% of people named Jinan are men. Jinan leans strongly female overall.

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

BibTeX

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