Given name & surname
Jessy
“The Lord sees all”·“gift”·“God exists; a gift from God; God sees all”
In French use, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain. Jessy is a variant of Jesse. Interpretations include “gift” (Hebrew) and “God exists; a gift from God; God sees all” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain. Jessy is a variant of Jesse. Interpretations include “gift” (Hebrew) and “God exists; a gift from God; God sees all” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain. Jessy is a variant of Jesse. An origin associated with Jesse is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In French use, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica. The history of Jessica gives this family its wider story. Jessica is Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare’s immediate inspiration is unknown, but the biblical spelling Jesca—corresponding to Iscah in Genesis 11:29—has been proposed as a starting point.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jessy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,771
- 4,670 boys · 2,101 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 263 babies
- 2025
- 48
- #4,603 for girls · #5,300 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 39% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,603 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 81 in 1994. It also appeared in 18 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,736 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jessy’s family of names
In French usage, Jessy is a diminutive of Jessica. In English usage, Jessy shares an earlier linguistic root with Joanie. Jessy has a related form in Jesse.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jessy
- Jessy MatadorFrench and DR Congolese singerborn 1982
- Jessy SchramAmerican actressborn 1986
- Jessy MendiolaFilipino actressborn 1992
- Jessy MoulinFrench association football playerborn 1986
- Jessy PiFrench football playerborn 1993
- Jessy KramerDutch handball playerborn 1990
- Jessy DeminguetFrench association football playerborn 1998
- Jessy Trémoulièrerugby union playerborn 1992
- Jessy RompiesIndonesian tennis playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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