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Tennessee is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Tennessee are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium
Male 24%Female 76%
Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
24% male / 76% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
244 male / 768 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Tennessee

To address Tennessee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tennessee," in English, "Guten Tag Tennessee," in German. About 24% of people named Tennessee are men and 76% 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 Tennessee,

German

Guten Tag Tennessee,

French

Bonjour Tennessee,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tennessee:

Chinese

Tennessee您好：

Japanese

Tennessee様

English

Hi Tennessee,

German

Hi Tennessee,

French

Salut Tennessee,

Spanish

Hola Tennessee,

Chinese

Tennessee你好：

Japanese

Tennessee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 Tennessee by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonwoman's name24%

United States birth data

244 male · 768 female · 1,012 births recorded

Male 24%Female 76%

Since 1980: 46% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tennessee a male or female name?

Tennessee is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Tennessee are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Tennessee in an email?

To address Tennessee when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tennessee," in English, "Guten Tag Tennessee," in German. About 24% of people named Tennessee are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Tennessee a unisex name?

Tennessee is not a unisex name: 24% of people named Tennessee are men. Tennessee leans strongly female 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 Tennessee a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tennessee (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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