Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Essi is a diminutive of Ester. In Finnish usage, Essi is a diminutive of ESTERI.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Essi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020; 115 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.
Essi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Essi is a diminutive of Ester. In Finnish usage, Essi is a diminutive of ESTERI.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Essi
- Essi SainioFinnish footballerborn 1986
- Essi RenvallFinnish sculptor (1911–1979)
- Essi LaineFinnish female tennis playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.