Shenandoah

Shenandoah is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Shenandoah are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow

Male 26%Female 74%

We have limited data on this name. Treat the verdict as a lead, not a certainty.

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 26% male / 74% female
Confidence: Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 112 male / 319 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Shenandoah

To address Shenandoah when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shenandoah," in English, "Guten Tag Shenandoah," in German. About 26% of people named Shenandoah are men and 74% 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 Shenandoah,

German

Guten Tag Shenandoah,

French

Bonjour Shenandoah,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shenandoah:

Chinese

Shenandoah您好：

Japanese

Shenandoah様

English

Hi Shenandoah,

German

Hi Shenandoah,

French

Salut Shenandoah,

Spanish

Hola Shenandoah,

Chinese

Shenandoah你好：

Japanese

Shenandoah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 Shenandoah by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	rare	woman's name	26%

United States birth data

112 male · 319 female · 431 births recorded

Male 26%Female 74%

Since 1980: 2% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shenandoah a male or female name?

Shenandoah is a unisex given name: about 26% of people named Shenandoah are men and 74% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Shenandoah in an email?

Is Shenandoah a unisex name?

Shenandoah is not a unisex name: 26% of people named Shenandoah are men. Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/shenandoah (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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