Wei Dong
Wei Dong is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Wei Dong are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
This name is used for both men and women without a strong lean either way.
Wei Dong · Weidong · Wei-Dong
- Verdict
- Unisex
- Male / female split
- 50% male / 50% female
- Confidence
- Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- China
- Also spelled
- Weidong, Wei-Dong
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Wei Dong
To address Wei Dong when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Wei Dong," in English, "Guten Tag Wei Dong," in German. About 50% of people named Wei Dong are men and 50% 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 Wei Dong,
German
Guten Tag Wei Dong,
French
Bonjour Wei Dong,
Spanish
Estimado/a Wei Dong:
Chinese
DongWei您好：
Japanese
Dong様
English
Hi Wei,
German
Hi Wei,
French
Salut Wei,
Spanish
Hola Wei,
Chinese
Wei你好：
Japanese
Weiさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | uncommon | unisex name | 50% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Wei Dong a male or female name?
Wei Dong is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Wei Dong are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Wei Dong in an email?
To address Wei Dong when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Wei Dong," in English, "Guten Tag Wei Dong," in German. About 50% of people named Wei Dong are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Wei Dong a unisex name?
Wei Dong is a unisex name: 50% of people named Wei Dong are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.
Related names
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.
DearWho, "Is Wei Dong a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/wei-dong (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_weidong,
title = {Is Wei Dong a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/wei-dong},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}