Jersey
Jersey 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
- 253 male / 2,851 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Jersey
If you do not know Jersey’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jersey,” in English, “Guten Tag Jersey,” 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 Jersey,
German
Guten Tag Jersey,
French
Bonjour Jersey,
Spanish
Estimado/a Jersey:
Chinese
Jersey您好：
Japanese
Jersey様
English
Hi Jersey,
German
Hi Jersey,
French
Salut Jersey,
Spanish
Hola Jersey,
Chinese
Jersey你好：
Japanese
Jersey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
253 male · 2,851 female · 3,104 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 7.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Jersey a male or female name?
Jersey 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 Jersey in an email?
If you do not know Jersey’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jersey,” in English, “Guten Tag Jersey,” 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 Jersey a unisex name?
Jersey 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 Jersey a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/jersey. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_jersey,
title = {Is Jersey a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/jersey},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}