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Sully

Sully is a unisex given name: about 60% of people named Sully are men and 40% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 60%Female 40%

This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
60% male / 40% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
471 male / 311 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Sully

To address Sully when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sully," in English, "Guten Tag Sully," in German. About 60% of people named Sully are men and 40% 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 Sully,

German

Guten Tag Sully,

French

Bonjour Sully,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sully:

Chinese

Sully您好：

Japanese

Sully様

English

Hi Sully,

German

Hi Sully,

French

Salut Sully,

Spanish

Hola Sully,

Chinese

Sully你好：

Japanese

Sully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 Sully by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonunisex name60%

United States birth data

471 male · 311 female · 782 births recorded

Male 60%Female 40%

Since 1980: 60% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sully a male or female name?

Sully is a unisex given name: about 60% of people named Sully are men and 40% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Sully in an email?

To address Sully when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Sully," in English, "Guten Tag Sully," in German. About 60% of people named Sully are men and 40% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Sully a unisex name?

Sully is a unisex name: 60% of people named Sully are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

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

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