Jessi

Jessi is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Jessi are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 17%Female 83%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 17% male / 83% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Finland, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 1,290 male / 6,118 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Jessi

To address Jessi when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Jessi," in English, "Guten Tag Jessi," in German. About 17% of people named Jessi are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Jessi,

German

Guten Tag Jessi,

French

Bonjour Jessi,

Spanish

Estimado/a Jessi:

Chinese

Jessi您好：

Japanese

Jessi様

English

Hi Jessi,

German

Hi Jessi,

French

Salut Jessi,

Spanish

Hola Jessi,

Chinese

Jessi你好：

Japanese

Jessiさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Jessi by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	17%
Finland	rare	woman's name	2%
Great Britain	rare	woman's name	25%

United States birth data

1,290 male · 6,118 female · 7,408 births recorded

Male 17%Female 83%

Since 1980: 18% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Jessi a male or female name?

Jessi is a unisex given name: about 17% of people named Jessi are men and 83% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Jessi in an email?

Is Jessi a unisex name?

Jessi is not a unisex name: 17% of people named Jessi are men. Jessi leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Jessi a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/jessi (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_jessi,
  title  = {Is Jessi a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/jessi},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}