Mei Ling
Mei Ling is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Mei Ling are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Mei Ling · Meiling · Mei-Ling
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 25% male / 75% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- China, United States
- Also spelled
- Meiling, Mei-Ling
- US births since 1880
- 0 male / 327 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mei Ling
To address Mei Ling when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mei Ling," in English, "Guten Tag Mei Ling," in German. About 25% of people named Mei Ling are men and 75% 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 Mei Ling,
German
Guten Tag Mei Ling,
French
Bonjour Mei Ling,
Spanish
Estimado/a Mei Ling:
Chinese
LingMei您好：
Japanese
Ling様
English
Hi Mei,
German
Hi Mei,
French
Salut Mei,
Spanish
Hola Mei,
Chinese
Mei你好：
Japanese
Meiさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | rare | unisex name | 50% |
| United States | rare | woman's name | 0% |
United States birth data
0 male · 327 female · 327 births recorded
Since 1980: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mei Ling a male or female name?
Mei Ling is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Mei Ling are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Mei Ling in an email?
To address Mei Ling when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Mei Ling," in English, "Guten Tag Mei Ling," in German. About 25% of people named Mei Ling are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Mei Ling a unisex name?
Mei Ling is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Mei Ling are men. Mei Ling leans strongly female overall.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Mei Ling a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/mei-ling (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_meiling,
title = {Is Mei Ling a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/mei-ling},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}