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Grant John
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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.

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annepin
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I'd consider it unisex.
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SeraphM
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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.
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Christine
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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.
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Tiergan
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Unisex.
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Patrick James
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I have two very good freinds named Jesse. One is male the other is female.
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sholar
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unisex
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Rhaythe
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Unisex, but I wouldn't name my son Jesse nowadays.
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NoTimeToThink
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Odd - if you had said Jesse i would say it was a guy; Jess seems more like a girl's name.
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Robert Nowall
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I'd say unisex...same for "Jesse"...but if it's "Jessie" with an "i" it's a girl.
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