Jess - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Jess \j(e)-ss\, also used as boy's name Jess, is a variant of Jane (Hebrew), Jasmine (Old French, Persian), Jessica (Hebrew) and Jessie, and the meaning of Jess is "God's grace; jasmine; He sees".

The baby name Jess sounds like Jessy, Jesse, Jessa and Jessi. Other similar baby names are Bess and Tess.

Jess is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#16880 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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