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Name Jess

Meaning:

maybe gift

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About the name Jess in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Is short form of:	Jesse
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Jens, Jessa, Jesse, Jesse, Jessi, Jessy, Jessy, Jesus, Jesús, Tess Details

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About Jesse, the group of names with the same origin as Jess

Meaning/translation:	maybe gift
Language of origin:	Hebrew
Info about origin:	in the Bible Jesse is the father of David and thus one of the ancestors of Jesus
Topics:	Old Testament
Variants' top ranks:	5:Jesse Netherlands 2016, 204:Jessy France 2002, 226:Jessie USA 1980-1989, 698:Isai USA 2007, 870:Jess USA 1993
Old/original forms:	Yishai Hebrew
Name variants:	Isai, Jess, Jesse, Jessie, Jessy Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Jess

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades		1990-1999 987
USA yearly	Graph	1996 912, 1995 952, 1994 883, 1993 870