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Trellis

Trellis is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Trellis are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleLow
Male 23%Female 77%

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

Verdict
Mostly female
Male / female split
23% male / 77% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
103 male / 344 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Trellis

To address Trellis when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Trellis," in English, "Guten Tag Trellis," in German. About 23% of people named Trellis are men and 77% 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 Trellis,

German

Guten Tag Trellis,

French

Bonjour Trellis,

Spanish

Estimado/a Trellis:

Chinese

Trellis您好：

Japanese

Trellis様

English

Hi Trellis,

German

Hi Trellis,

French

Salut Trellis,

Spanish

Hola Trellis,

Chinese

Trellis你好：

Japanese

Trellis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 Trellis by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesrarewoman's name23%

United States birth data

103 male · 344 female · 447 births recorded

Male 23%Female 77%

Since 1980: 80% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Trellis a male or female name?

Trellis is a unisex given name: about 23% of people named Trellis are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Trellis in an email?

To address Trellis when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Trellis," in English, "Guten Tag Trellis," in German. About 23% of people named Trellis are men and 77% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Trellis a unisex name?

Trellis is not a unisex name: 23% of people named Trellis are men. Trellis leans strongly female overall.

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

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