Lindy

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

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 17%Female 83%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 17% male / 83% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Denmark, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 1,776 male / 8,204 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Lindy

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

German

Guten Tag Lindy,

French

Bonjour Lindy,

Spanish

Estimado/a Lindy:

Chinese

Lindy您好：

Japanese

Lindy様

English

Hi Lindy,

German

Hi Lindy,

French

Salut Lindy,

Spanish

Hola Lindy,

Chinese

Lindy你好：

Japanese

Lindy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 Lindy by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	18%
Denmark	rare	woman's name	2%
Great Britain	rare	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

1,776 male · 8,204 female · 9,980 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 2% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lindy a male or female name?

Lindy is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Lindy 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 Lindy in an email?

Is Lindy a unisex name?

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

BibTeX

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