Jess
Jess is classified as a male 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
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Denmark, Norway
- US records 1880–2017
- 24,875 male / 434 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Jess
If you do not know Jess’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jess,” in English, “Guten Tag Jess,” 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 Jess,
German
Guten Tag Jess,
French
Bonjour Jess,
Spanish
Estimado/a Jess:
Chinese
Jess您好：
Japanese
Jess様
English
Hi Jess,
German
Hi Jess,
French
Salut Jess,
Spanish
Hola Jess,
Chinese
Jess你好：
Japanese
Jess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 | common | man's name |
| Denmark | uncommon | man's name |
| Norway | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
24,875 male · 434 female · 25,309 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 94.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Jess a male or female name?
Jess is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Jess in an email?
If you do not know Jess’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jess,” in English, “Guten Tag Jess,” 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 Jess a unisex name?
Jess is classified as generally male 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 Jess a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/jess. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_jess,
title = {Is Jess a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/jess},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}