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Xu Dong

Xu Dong is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Xu Dong are men and 50% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

UnisexMedium
Male 50%Female 50%

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

Xu Dong · Xudong · Xu-Dong

Verdict
Unisex
Male / female split
50% male / 50% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
China
Also spelled
Xudong, Xu-Dong
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Xu Dong

To address Xu Dong when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Xu Dong," in English, "Guten Tag Xu Dong," in German. About 50% of people named Xu 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 Xu Dong,

German

Guten Tag Xu Dong,

French

Bonjour Xu Dong,

Spanish

Estimado/a Xu Dong:

Chinese

DongXu您好：

Japanese

Dong様

English

Hi Xu,

German

Hi Xu,

French

Salut Xu,

Spanish

Hola Xu,

Chinese

Xu你好：

Japanese

Xu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 Xu Dong by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Chinauncommonunisex name50%

Frequently asked questions

Is Xu Dong a male or female name?

Xu Dong is a unisex given name: about 50% of people named Xu 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 Xu Dong in an email?

To address Xu Dong when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Xu Dong," in English, "Guten Tag Xu Dong," in German. About 50% of people named Xu 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 Xu Dong a unisex name?

Xu Dong is a unisex name: 50% of people named Xu Dong are men. The split stays close across most of the countries in the data.

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

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