Jazz en · PROPN
Etymology
A fanciful spelling variant of Jaz and Jas.
Meanings
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A diminutive of the male given name Jasper.
Jasper's teeth were set; he didn't move. "Jazz, this isn't anything you've seen before," Alice said quietly. "Trust me."
2008, Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Little, Brown and Company, page 492:
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A diminutive of the male given name James.
His real name was James, but those who knew him seemed never to call him that. He was Jamesy, or more often Jazz.
2001, Ian Rankin, Resurrection Men, Orion, page 4:
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A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
"He calls you Jazzikins." He would. He had. Couldn't call me Jazz or Jasmine the way everyone else did.
2012? Madeleine Oh, At Long Last, in The Mammoth Book of Erotica: Volume 4, Constable and Robinson Ltd (2012)
Synonyms
Jamie (diminutive of James) · Jem (diminutive of James) · Jaime (diminutive of James) · Jemmy (diminutive of James)