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Shandon

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

Mostly maleMedium
Male 80%Female 20%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
80% male / 20% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
736 male / 184 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Shandon

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

German

Guten Tag Shandon,

French

Bonjour Shandon,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shandon:

Chinese

Shandon您好：

Japanese

Shandon様

English

Hi Shandon,

German

Hi Shandon,

French

Salut Shandon,

Spanish

Hola Shandon,

Chinese

Shandon你好：

Japanese

Shandon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 Shandon by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name80%

United States birth data

736 male · 184 female · 920 births recorded

Male 80%Female 20%

Since 1980: 82% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shandon a male or female name?

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

How do I address Shandon in an email?

To address Shandon when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shandon," in English, "Guten Tag Shandon," in German. About 80% of people named Shandon are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Shandon a unisex name?

Shandon is not a unisex name: 80% of people named Shandon are men. Shandon leans strongly male overall.

Related names

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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 Shandon a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/shandon (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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