Teja

Teja is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Teja 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: Slovenia, United States, India and Sri Lanka
US births since 1880: 73 male / 571 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Teja

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

German

Guten Tag Teja,

French

Bonjour Teja,

Spanish

Estimado/a Teja:

Chinese

Teja您好：

Japanese

Teja様

English

Hi Teja,

German

Hi Teja,

French

Salut Teja,

Spanish

Hola Teja,

Chinese

Teja你好：

Japanese

Teja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 Teja by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
Slovenia	uncommon	woman's name	2%
United States	uncommon	woman's name	11%
India and Sri Lanka	rare	man's name	98%

United States birth data

73 male · 571 female · 644 births recorded

Male 11%Female 89%

Since 1980: 11% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Teja a male or female name?

Teja is a unisex given name: about 25% of people named Teja 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 Teja in an email?

Is Teja a unisex name?

Teja is not a unisex name: 25% of people named Teja are men. Teja 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 Teja a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/teja (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

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