Jessel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: probably a topographic name from Czechjes(en) ‘ash tree’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɛsəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jessel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 889K
- TTTrinidad & Tobago≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
probably a topographic name from Czechjes(en) ‘ash tree’. GtvEN NAMES German 6%. Kurt (2), Heinz-
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jessel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Jessel | 59 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Jessel | 6 |
| US United States | 374 | 1 in 889K | 351 | Jessel | 140 |
| TT Trinidad & Tobago | ≈95 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Jessel | 6 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 387K | — | Jessel | 14 |
| GY Guyana | 3 | 1 in 250K | 3 | — | 2 |
| IS Iceland | 3 | 1 in 117K | 3 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jessel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from a pet-form of Jessop.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, from a pet form of Jessup.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Jesselb. 1824GBBritish politician (1824-1883)
- Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jesselb. 1866GBBritish politician (1866-1950)
- Leon Jesselb. 1871PLGerman composer (1871-1942)
- George Jesselb. 1898USAmerican actor, singer, songwriter, film producer (1898-1981)
- Jacques Jesselb. 1920FRFrench diplomat
- Ray Jesselb. 1929GBWelsh songwriter, screenwriter, orchestrator, and musical theatre composer (1929-2015)
- Toby Jesselb. 1934GBBritish politician (1934-2018)
- Stephen Jesselb. 1943GBBritish BBC correspondent
- Stephen Jesselb. 1986IEIrish chess player
- Adam JesselGBBritish television executive producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 270 | #25,390 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 104 | #25,390 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 8 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Jessel come from?
- probably a topographic name from Czechjes(en) ‘ash tree’. GtvEN NAMES German 6%. Kurt (2), Heinz- Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Jessel?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɛsəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Jessel mean?
- Recorded meaning: probably a topographic name from Czechjes(en) ‘ash tree’.
- Is Jessel a male or female name?
- Jessel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jessel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Jessel in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jessel.
- How common is the name Jessel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 374 people named Jessel in 2020, about 1 in 889 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jesselThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jessel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.