Jessilyn
Jessilyn 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
- 0 male / 639 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Jessilyn
If you do not know Jessilyn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jessilyn,” in English, “Guten Tag Jessilyn,” 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 Jessilyn,
German
Guten Tag Jessilyn,
French
Bonjour Jessilyn,
Spanish
Estimado/a Jessilyn:
Chinese
Jessilyn您好：
Japanese
Jessilyn様
English
Hi Jessilyn,
German
Hi Jessilyn,
French
Salut Jessilyn,
Spanish
Hola Jessilyn,
Chinese
Jessilyn你好：
Japanese
Jessilyn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
0 male · 639 female · 639 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Jessilyn a male or female name?
Jessilyn 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 Jessilyn in an email?
If you do not know Jessilyn’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Jessilyn,” in English, “Guten Tag Jessilyn,” 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 Jessilyn a unisex name?
Jessilyn 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 Jessilyn a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/jessilyn. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_jessilyn,
title = {Is Jessilyn a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/jessilyn},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}