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I really enjoy your name, offering so many possible variations: the name itself is beautiful, yet I love that hyphenation shifts the accent, yet not necessarily involve the practicalities of calling you by your full name, or that you must spell it or sign it thus. So in the real world, many folks would not even know that your name is hyphenated, unless otherwise informed. I do not think that it strange at all that you introduce yourself as Jess but think of yourself as another version. I use introduce different versions of my name depending on the social situation. Last year, when I dropped the middle "a" from the spelling of my name, I really considered hyphenating my first name to Barbra-Sue (Barbie-Sue)--and of course I'd keep my middle name, so now you've re-whet this consideration with another set of playful variations of informality.