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My sister's ex is called Jas (pronounced like Jazz). His full name was Jasmin (yas-MEEN). His family was from Croatia.

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I think it works equally well on either sex.

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I knew a Jasmine once, briefly, whose nickname was Jazzy. She was the younger sister of a classmate (Joy), and remains the sole Jasmine I've ever met who didn't have an attitude problem.

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Jazz is pretty cool, and unisex. Though I doubt a guy going by Jazz would do so because it's similar to his real name (if he were British, maybe... Jasper?).

I know a male Jazz, with sisters Cedar and Ochre.

I knew a little girl named Jazz who was 4/5 when I knew her, she'd be 11 now. It suited her quite a lot. I don't see it working for a boy though.

I'm not a fan. I knew a Jasper nn Jazz in high school.

I kind of like it as well. It definitely works as nickname for Jasmine. It makes me think of B.'s cousin Jazzmone. However, he is never called Jazz. He's called J-Rock.

Jasper is fairly popular in Australia and boys called Jasper get Jaz as a nickname with some frequency. It works for both genders, I think. I like it. It's snappy and has some spunk and isn't a cutesy nickname.

I think it's a good nickname for Jasmine and related names.

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I guess a guy could use it but I'm not sure it would matter what his first name actually was, the nick would just have to fit.

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There's an artist on youtube my daughter follows who styles himself Jazza (Draw with Jazza). His real name is apparently Josiah. Australian I think.

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I used to work with a male Jazz. His full name was Jasvinder.

Jasmine is nice, I really like it despite the popularity and datedness. It can also be spelled Jaz, I think. Jazz is cute.

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Jesse maybe? It may be a bit of a stretch, but it sounds decent. Jasper?

I think Jazz alone works better on a boy. It’s feels much less trite in a boy I think. Jasmine “Jaz” has always felt a bit cheap to me.

I call my cat Jazz, it's short for Jasper. He's a boy.

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I like it as a nickname for either gender.

It's okay. I used to love it, but it faded for me. I don't think a guy could ever be Jazz. I think Jax is the male equivalent.

I don't mind Jazz as a nickname. In general, the word feels neutral to me though I would guess, were I told I was about to meet Jazz Surname, that I was meeting a female. I think it could work for a guy if he were a very confident, outgoing person, but I imagine a young male Jazz would more likely run into teasing than would a young female. Sound-wise, I could see it as a nickname for Jasper or Jason but, if I wanted to use it, I'd probably spell it Jaz, relating more to the name component rather than the word.

I think it's somewhat cute as a nn for Jasmine or Jazlyn or even Jessica or Josephine, if they're a certain personality. But it also has a cheap, street-name quality to it, like you might find it on one of the Sharks or Jets or their girlfriends in West Side Story.
Likewise on a guy, but it seems even more self-conscious there.
I recently read a book about the famous robbery of Brinks headquarters in the early 1950's, and one of the thieves was named Adolph Maffie, called Jazz.