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Ya Min

Ya Min is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Ya Min are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleLow
Male 75%Female 25%

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

Ya Min · Yamin · Ya-Min

Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
75% male / 25% female
Confidence
Low (fewer than 8 weighted country observations)
Most common in
China, United States
Also spelled
Yamin, Ya-Min
US births since 1880
176 male / 0 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Ya Min

To address Ya Min when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ya Min," in English, "Guten Tag Ya Min," in German. About 75% of people named Ya Min are men and 25% 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 Ya Min,

German

Guten Tag Ya Min,

French

Bonjour Ya Min,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ya Min:

Chinese

MinYa您好：

Japanese

Min様

English

Hi Ya,

German

Hi Ya,

French

Salut Ya,

Spanish

Hola Ya,

Chinese

Ya你好：

Japanese

Ya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 Ya Min by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
Chinarareunisex name50%
United Statesrareman's name100%

United States birth data

176 male · 0 female · 176 births recorded

Male 100%Female 0%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ya Min a male or female name?

Ya Min is a unisex given name: about 75% of people named Ya Min are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ya Min in an email?

To address Ya Min when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ya Min," in English, "Guten Tag Ya Min," in German. About 75% of people named Ya Min are men and 25% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Ya Min a unisex name?

Ya Min is not a unisex name: 75% of people named Ya Min are men. Ya Min leans strongly male 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 Ya Min a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ya-min (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

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