Jessen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Jessen by the numbers
Jessen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Jessen
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jessen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jessegod exists; gift from god980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jensenson of Jens; patronymic surname used as given name1,048 in the US (2017)
- JesseeGod exists; a variant spelling of Jesse12 in the US (2017)
- JesseyGod exists; a variant spelling of Jesse12 in the US (2017)
- Jesson8 in the US (2017)
- Jessel5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jessen
Names that are said the same way as Jessen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jessen
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