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Mearl

Mearl is a unisex given name: about 74% of people named Mearl are men and 26% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 74%Female 26%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
74% male / 26% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
1,210 male / 428 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Mearl

To address Mearl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mearl," in English, "Guten Tag Mearl," in German. About 74% of people named Mearl are men and 26% 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 Mearl,

German

Guten Tag Mearl,

French

Bonjour Mearl,

Spanish

Estimado/a Mearl:

Chinese

Mearl您好:

Japanese

Mearl様

English

Hi Mearl,

German

Hi Mearl,

French

Salut Mearl,

Spanish

Hola Mearl,

Chinese

Mearl你好:

Japanese

Mearl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 Mearl by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name74%

United States birth data

1,210 male · 428 female · 1,638 births recorded

Male 74%Female 26%

Frequently asked questions

Is Mearl a male or female name?

Mearl is a unisex given name: about 74% of people named Mearl are men and 26% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Mearl in an email?

To address Mearl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mearl," in English, "Guten Tag Mearl," in German. About 74% of people named Mearl are men and 26% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Mearl a unisex name?

Mearl is not a unisex name: 74% of people named Mearl are men. Mearl leans strongly male overall.

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

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