Santos

Santos is a unisex given name: about 84% of people named Santos are men and 16% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleHigh

Male 84%Female 16%

Verdict: Mostly male
Male / female split: 84% male / 16% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Spain
US births since 1880: 16,637 male / 2,757 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Santos

To address Santos when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Santos," in English, "Guten Tag Santos," in German. About 84% of people named Santos are men and 16% 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 Santos,

German

Guten Tag Santos,

French

Bonjour Santos,

Spanish

Estimado/a Santos:

Chinese

Santos您好：

Japanese

Santos様

English

Hi Santos,

German

Hi Santos,

French

Salut Santos,

Spanish

Hola Santos,

Chinese

Santos你好：

Japanese

Santos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 Santos by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	man's name	86%
Spain	uncommon	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

16,637 male · 2,757 female · 19,394 births recorded

Male 86%Female 14%

Since 1980: 97% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Santos a male or female name?

Santos is a unisex given name: about 84% of people named Santos are men and 16% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Santos in an email?

Is Santos a unisex name?

Santos is not a unisex name: 84% of people named Santos are men. Santos 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 Santos a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/santos (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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