Jez (nickname)
As a nickname, Jez most commonly is a diminutive form of the given name Jeremy, Jezebel, Jeremiah, Jerahmeel, and Jezreel.
The Jez nickname can often be extended to form other nicknames, still based on the name Jezreel, such as Jezza or Jezzie. It may refer to:
People with the nickname
- Jez Alborough, English writer and illustrator
- Jez Butterworth, English playwright, screenwriter and director
- Jez Coad, English record producer and musician
- Jez George, English football manager and executive
- Jez Lowe, English folk singer-songwriter
- Jez Moxey, English football executive
- Jez Nelson, British jazz broadcaster and television producer
- Jez San, English programmer
- Jez Strode, English drummer
- Jez Williams, English musician
- Jez Wilson, English boxer
Fictional characters with the nickname
- Jeremy Usborne, one of the main characters of the British TV series Peep Show
- Jessica Lockhart, a character in The Kingdom Keepers series of novels.
- Jezz Torrent, lead singer for the fictional band "Love Fist" in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Jeremy "Jez" Brockhollow, a badger socialite in ''Dimension 20: Mice and Murder''