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Throughout the world, Ессен (Essen , Yessen , Ессен ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Ессен is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is a rare epicene name, Israel, where it is a rare largely masculine, but uncommonly feminine name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia. More frequently, Ессен is the last name as well as the forename.
Ессен is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .