Gender Detect
Determine the likely gender of a first name, with a calibrated confidence score instead of a blind guess — a byproduct of Foundry's full name parse, not a separate lookup.
Not every name has one answer
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Unisex names
Names like "Alex" or "Kim" are genuinely used by both sexes — Foundry reports a lower confidence score instead of forcing a 50/50 guess into one bucket.
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Cultural differences
The same name can be conventionally male in one culture and female in another — "Andrea" is male in Italian, female in German and English. Setting a country lets Foundry weigh that context.
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Calibrated, not forced
A confidence score comes with every result — genuinely ambiguous names get a low one instead of a confident-looking wrong answer.
Detect gender from a name
The same live parser as the rest of Name Intelligence — powered by Foundry.
Live Demo
Choose an example
This page is one view onto Foundry's Name Intelligence engine, focused on the gender signal. For the full structured breakdown (given name, family name, titles, particles) and other countries, see Name Intelligence.
FAQ
How does it determine gender?
From given-name statistics in Foundry's own training corpus, together with a calibrated confidence score — it's a byproduct of the same full name parse, not a separate lookup.
What about unisex or ambiguous names?
Not every name has an unambiguous gender. Foundry reports a lower confidence score for these instead of forcing a guess, and surfaces both candidates when the evidence genuinely disagrees.
Does the same name mean the same gender everywhere?
No — some names are conventionally male in one culture and female in another. Setting a country on the demo lets Foundry weigh that local context.