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Sha

Sha is a unisex given name: about 33% of people named Sha are men and 67% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 33%Female 67%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
33% male / 67% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
China, United States
US births since 1880
122 male / 634 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Sha

To address Sha when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sha," in English, "Guten Tag Sha," in German. About 33% of people named Sha are men and 67% 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 Sha,

German

Guten Tag Sha,

French

Bonjour Sha,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sha:

Chinese

Sha您好：

Japanese

Sha様

English

Hi Sha,

German

Hi Sha,

French

Salut Sha,

Spanish

Hola Sha,

Chinese

Sha你好：

Japanese

Sha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 Sha by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Chinauncommonunisex name50%
United Statesuncommonwoman's name16%

United States birth data

122 male · 634 female · 756 births recorded

Male 16%Female 84%

Since 1980: 15% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sha a male or female name?

Sha is a unisex given name: about 33% of people named Sha are men and 67% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Sha in an email?

To address Sha when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sha," in English, "Guten Tag Sha," in German. About 33% of people named Sha are men and 67% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Sha a unisex name?

Sha is not a unisex name: 33% of people named Sha are men. Sha leans strongly female 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 Sha a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/sha (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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