Jessye

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈdʒɛsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jessye is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 996K(measured from records)
  • LRLiberia≈1 in 209K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 507K

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.

United States (measured from records)

334 people, 2020

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 209K (inferred from the name graph)

Liberia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jessye 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.

Where Jessye is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3341 in 996K294Jessye161
BR Brazil—971 in 2.2M97—1
AU Australia—≈50 est.≈1 in 507K1Jessye33
GB United Kingdom—≈40 est.≈1 in 1.6MlistedJessye36
CA Canada—≈38 est.≈1 in 985K5Jessye26
LR Liberia#822≈24 est.≈1 in 209K—Jessye1
SG Singapore—≈9 est.≈1 in 673K—Jessye3
NZ New Zealand—≈6 est.≈1 in 762K—Jessye3

334 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); the ca-statcan-baby-names register. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jessye is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jessÿe, Jéssye, Jessyê, Jessyé

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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)

InformalHi Jessye,

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 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Jessye
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020294#27,410
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202297—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—87#42,213
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—63#30,081
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)199049—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)199048—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—44#50,520
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202040#27,410
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199219—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199416—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192615—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192015—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Jessye?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɛsi/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jessye a male or female name?
Jessye 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.
What are other forms of the name Jessye?
In the etymology graph, Jessica, Janet and Juana are forms of the same name in other languages; Jessalyn is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Jessye have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 334 people named Jessye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jessye.
How common is the name Jessye?
In the United States, the national register counted 334 people named Jessye in 2020, about 1 in 996 thousand residents.
How common is Jessye compared with other names?
In Liberia, Jessye is the 822nd most common given name of 2,671 given names recorded there.

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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, “Jessye” — the 822nd most common given name in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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