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Posted by Grant John (Member # 5993) on :
 
Here is a pretty random question. Would you consider the name Jess as unisex? I use it in my book as a unisex name that causes confusion, but one of my friends while checking a passage said she had never considered it a unisex name. So wondering if as readers you would go 'Huh, that's not a unisex name, crazy man!' or not.

If so cool, I can change it to a more common unisex name.

Grant John
 


Posted by annepin (Member # 5952) on :
 
I'd consider it unisex.
 
Posted by SeraphM (Member # 6250) on :
 
I would also consider in Unisex. I'm in California, if that makes any difference, and it might. Could be it's a regional issue. But I have heard a couple males whose name is "Jesse" called "Jess" for short, as well as "Jessica"s that are called the same.
YMMV
 
Posted by Christine (Member # 1646) on :
 
Just out of curiosity, which gender did your friend think it applies to, because I'm really at 50/50. It's either short for Jessica or Jesse....the former being a girl the latter a boy.
 
Posted by Tiergan (Member # 7852) on :
 
Unisex.
 
Posted by Patrick James (Member # 7847) on :
 
I have two very good freinds named Jesse. One is male the other is female.
 
Posted by sholar (Member # 3280) on :
 
unisex
 
Posted by Rhaythe (Member # 7857) on :
 
Unisex, but I wouldn't name my son Jesse nowadays.
 
Posted by NoTimeToThink (Member # 5174) on :
 
Odd - if you had said Jesse i would say it was a guy; Jess seems more like a girl's name.
 
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
 
I'd say unisex...same for "Jesse"...but if it's "Jessie" with an "i" it's a girl.
 


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