Given name & surname

Essey

Essey is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Essey isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Essey through the years

Babies since 1880
37
37 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2012
7 babies
2025
6
#11,079 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20133.5
Essey in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2007–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,079 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Essey’s family of names

Essey may belong to the same name family as Esey. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Essey’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Essey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Yetziel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Obeth

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Yaasir

15Very rareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Yassiel

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Aqib

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

0Not recently recorded

83% boys · 17% girls

Modern

Aamil

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Abrien

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Essey’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Essey

A sister for Essey