Hessie
Hessie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 16 male / 1,118 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Hessie
If you do not know Hessie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hessie,” in English, “Guten Tag Hessie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Hessie,
German
Guten Tag Hessie,
French
Bonjour Hessie,
Spanish
Estimado/a Hessie:
Chinese
Hessie您好：
Japanese
Hessie様
English
Hi Hessie,
German
Hi Hessie,
French
Salut Hessie,
Spanish
Hola Hessie,
Chinese
Hessie你好：
Japanese
Hessie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 |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
16 male · 1,118 female · 1,134 births recorded
Frequently asked questions
Is Hessie a male or female name?
Hessie is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Hessie in an email?
If you do not know Hessie’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Hessie,” in English, “Guten Tag Hessie,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Hessie a unisex name?
Hessie is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
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 (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Hessie a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/hessie. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_hessie,
title = {Is Hessie a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/hessie},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}