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♀ Jess (girl)
What does Jess mean?
Jess 
as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Jess) is a Hebrew name, and the meaning of Jess is "God is gracious; jasmine; He sees". Jess is an alternate spelling of Jane (Hebrew): originally a feminine respelling of John. Jess is also a derivative of Jasmine (Old French, Persian). Jess is also used as a derivative of Jessica (Hebrew), and a variation of Jessie (Hebrew).
STARTS WITH Jess-
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANT Jas
RELATED FORMS VIA JANE, JASMINE, JESSICA, JESSIE Gene▼, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janessa, Janis▼, Jany, Jean▼, Jecca, Jenda, Jeni, Jenie, Jesaca, Jesca, Jesica▼, Jesika, Jeslyn, Jessa, Jessaca, Jessah, Jessaka, Jessamy, Jessana, Jessca, Jesscia, Jesse▼, Jesseca, Jessey, Jessi▼, Jessia, Jessika▼, Jessina, Jessiya, Jesslyn, Jessy, Jessyca, Jessye, Jessyka, Jesyka, Joan▼, Joni▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jess Mina (J.M.), ..
How popular is Jess?
Jess is an uncommon given name for females but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#16829 out of 150436, Top 11%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Jess reached its highest position of #1398 in the U.S. in the 1880s, but is not in the list currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Gene, Jan, Jana (#984 LAST YEAR), Jane (#291), Janessa (#978), Janis, Jasmine (#136), Jean, Jeni, Jesica, Jesika, Jeslyn, Jessa (#1073), Jesse, Jesseca, Jessi, Jessica (#312), Jessie (#656), Jessika, Jesslyn, Jessy, Jessye, Joan (#1727) and Joni are the popular variation forms of Jess. These relations of Jess were at the peak of their popularity 3 decades ago (MEDIAN #1250) and are now significantly less conventional (#1606, 89.8% LESS USAGE), with forms like Jesse becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Jess is pronounced similarly to Joss and Joyse. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bess▼, Cass, Ess, Janess, Je-, Jeh, Jemsa, Jen, Jena▼, Jenn, Jere, Jeri▼, Jery, Jesusa, Jeth, Jett, Jey, Josy, Kass, Ross and Tess. These names tend to be more commonly used than Jess.
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