Jess

Where Jess comes from

Clipping of Jesse, Jessica, or Jessamy.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jess
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #126 among boys — 103 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #109
    124 babies named Jess — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1988
    Jess Wade born
    British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science
  4. 1989
    Jess Glynne born
    British singer
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,150.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Jesse.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Jessica and Jessamy.
Namesakes
  • Jess Glynne · British singer, born 1989
  • Jess Wade · British physicist, Wikimedian, and campaigner for gender inclusion in science, born 1988
  • Jess Harnell · American voice actor, born 1963
  • Jess Willard · American boxer, 1881–1968
  • Jess Thorup · Danish association football player and manager, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.