Kieu

Kieu is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Kieu are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 17%Female 83%

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

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 17% male / 83% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: Vietnam, United States
US births since 1880: 0 male / 145 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Kieu

To address Kieu when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Kieu," in English, "Guten Tag Kieu," in German. About 17% of people named Kieu are men and 83% 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 Kieu,

German

Guten Tag Kieu,

French

Bonjour Kieu,

Spanish

Estimado/a Kieu:

Chinese

Kieu您好：

Japanese

Kieu様

English

Hi Kieu,

German

Hi Kieu,

French

Salut Kieu,

Spanish

Hola Kieu,

Chinese

Kieu你好：

Japanese

Kieu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 Kieu by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
Vietnam	rare	woman's name	25%
United States	rare	woman's name	0%

United States birth data

0 male · 145 female · 145 births recorded

Male 0%Female 100%

Since 1980: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kieu a male or female name?

Kieu is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Kieu are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Kieu in an email?

Is Kieu a unisex name?

Kieu is not a unisex name: 17% of people named Kieu are men. Kieu 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 Kieu a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/kieu (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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