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Jessie

feminine

91First-name usabilityHighly workable
Evidence coverageLimited

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Scottish (diminutive of Jean); also used in modern usage as a diminutive of Jessica

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #824 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Origin & usage

Documented origin: Scottish (diminutive of Jean); also used in modern usage as a diminutive of Jessica

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

English/ˈdʒɛsi/researched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

/ˈdʒɛsi/

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #824 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

  • Because "Jessie" is used both as an independently Scottish-derived feminine diminutive of Jean and, separately, as a nickname of Jessica, its meaning is inherited from whichever parent name a given bearer's Jessie traces back to; there is no single independent literal meaning for "Jessie" itself.
Explore alternatives
Jean

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Janet

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Jessica

Documented as a related name or variant form.