Meili

Meili is a unisex given name: about 20% of people named Meili are men and 80% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 20%Female 80%

Meili · Mei Li · Mei-Li

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 20% male / 80% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: China, United States, Estonia
Also spelled: Mei Li, Mei-Li
US births since 1880: 0 male / 289 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Meili

To address Meili when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Meili," in English, "Guten Tag Meili," in German. About 20% of people named Meili are men and 80% 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 Meili,

German

Guten Tag Meili,

French

Bonjour Meili,

Spanish

Estimado/a Meili:

Chinese

Meili您好：

Japanese

Meili様

English

Hi Meili,

German

Hi Meili,

French

Salut Meili,

Spanish

Hola Meili,

Chinese

Meili你好：

Japanese

Meili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 Meili by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
China	rare	unisex name	50%
United States	rare	woman's name	0%
Estonia	rare	woman's name	2%

United States birth data

0 male · 289 female · 289 births recorded

Male 0%Female 100%

Since 1980: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Meili a male or female name?

Meili is a unisex given name: about 20% of people named Meili are men and 80% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Meili in an email?

Is Meili a unisex name?

Meili is not a unisex name: 20% of people named Meili are men. Meili 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 Meili a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/meili (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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