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Shirl

Shirl is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Shirl are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 25%Female 75%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
25% male / 75% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
448 male / 1,323 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Shirl

To address Shirl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shirl," in English, "Guten Tag Shirl," in German. About 25% of people named Shirl are men and 75% 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 Shirl,

German

Guten Tag Shirl,

French

Bonjour Shirl,

Spanish

Estimado/a Shirl:

Chinese

Shirl您好：

Japanese

Shirl様

English

Hi Shirl,

German

Hi Shirl,

French

Salut Shirl,

Spanish

Hola Shirl,

Chinese

Shirl你好：

Japanese

Shirl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 Shirl by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name25%

United States birth data

448 male · 1,323 female · 1,771 births recorded

Male 25%Female 75%

Since 1980: 0% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Shirl a male or female name?

Shirl is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Shirl are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Shirl in an email?

To address Shirl when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Shirl," in English, "Guten Tag Shirl," in German. About 25% of people named Shirl are men and 75% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Shirl a unisex name?

Shirl is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Shirl are men. Shirl leans strongly female overall.

Related names

ShirleyFemaleMariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMale

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

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