Sailor

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

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 15%Female 85%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 15% male / 85% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 360 male / 2,007 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Sailor

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

German

Guten Tag Sailor,

French

Bonjour Sailor,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sailor:

Chinese

Sailor您好：

Japanese

Sailor様

English

Hi Sailor,

German

Hi Sailor,

French

Salut Sailor,

Spanish

Hola Sailor,

Chinese

Sailor你好：

Japanese

Sailor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 Sailor by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	15%

United States birth data

360 male · 2,007 female · 2,367 births recorded

Male 15%Female 85%

Since 1980: 15% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sailor a male or female name?

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

How do I address Sailor in an email?

Is Sailor a unisex name?

Sailor is not a unisex name: 15% of people named Sailor are men. Sailor 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 Sailor a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sailor (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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