Luby

Luby is a unisex given name: about 85% of people named Luby are men and 15% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleLow

Male 85%Female 15%

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

Verdict: Mostly male
Male / female split: 85% male / 15% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 291 male / 52 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Luby

To address Luby when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Luby," in English, "Guten Tag Luby," in German. About 85% of people named Luby are men and 15% 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 Luby,

German

Guten Tag Luby,

French

Bonjour Luby,

Spanish

Estimado/a Luby:

Chinese

Luby您好：

Japanese

Luby様

English

Hi Luby,

German

Hi Luby,

French

Salut Luby,

Spanish

Hola Luby,

Chinese

Luby你好：

Japanese

Luby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 Luby by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	man's name	85%

United States birth data

291 male · 52 female · 343 births recorded

Male 85%Female 15%

Frequently asked questions

Is Luby a male or female name?

Luby is a unisex given name: about 85% of people named Luby are men and 15% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Luby in an email?

Is Luby a unisex name?

Luby is not a unisex name: 85% of people named Luby are men. Luby leans strongly male 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 Luby a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/luby (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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