Jessie (given name)
Jessie is a given name in its own right, but may also be a nickname for the given name Jessica. It is generally considered the feminine form of Jesse. The name Jess is also a given name. It, or Jesse, may be used in Spanish as a nickname for the masculine name Jesus.
People
- Jessi (musician) (born 1988), also known as Jessica H.O., South Korean–American singer and rapper
- Jessie Armstead (born 1970), American football player
- Jessie Bates III (born 1997), American football player
- Jessie Britt (born 1963), American football player
- Jessie Brown Pounds (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs
- Jessie Buckley, Irish entertainer and I'd Do Anything finalist
- Jessie Camacho, American Survivor contestant
- Jessie Cooper (1914–1993), Australian politician
- Jessie Daniel Ames (1883–1972), American civil rights activist
- Jessie Evans (basketball), American basketball coach
- Jessie Flower (born 1994), American actress
- Jessie Foster (born 1985), Canadian prostitute
- Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer
- Jessie Godderz (born 1986), American actor and professional wrestler
- Jessie Greengrass (born 1982), British poet and author
- Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006), American musician
- Jessie Hester (born 1963), American football player
- Jessie Hollins (1970–2009), American baseball player
- Jessie J (born 1988), British singer
- Jessie Loutit (born 1988), Canadian rower
- Jessie MacWilliams (1917–1990), English mathematician
- Jessie Mackaye, American actress
- Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), British actress and singer
- Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3
- Jessie Oonark (1906–1985), Canadian Inuit artist
- Jessie Pharr Slaton (1908–1983), African-American lawyer.
- Jessie Pope (1868–1941), English World War I poet
- Jessie M. Rattley (1929–2001), American mayor
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American writer
- Jessie Rogers (born 1993), Brazilian-American pornographic actress
- Jessie Rooke (1845–1906), Australian suffragette and temperance reformer
- Jessie Royce Landis (1896–1972), American actress
- Jessie L. Simpson (1882 — 1974), staff member in the United States Senate
- Jessie Tuggle (born 1965), American football player
- Jessie Wallace (born 1971), British actress
- Jessie Ward (born 1979), American professional wrestler
- Jessie Ward (born 1982), American actress
- Jessie Ware (born 1984), British singer-songwriter
- Jessie Weston (1850–1928), British scholar and folklorist
- Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), American pilot
Fictional characters
- Jessie (Pokémon)
- Jessie (Toy Story), in the film Toy Story 2
- Jessie Prescott, main character of the TV series Jessie
- Jessie Jackson (Coronation Street), in the soap opera Coronation Street
- Jessie (Clay Kids), in the Spanish animated TV series Clay Kids
- Jessie Burlingame, in the Stephen King novel Gerald's Game
- Jessie Burlingame, in the 2003 horror film Wrong Turn
- Jessie Cates, in the 1983 play 'night, Mother
- Jessie McCarney, in the 2006 video game Dead Rising
- Jessie Maye, a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame Huniepop
Usage in Ireland and Scotland
In Celtic usage, Jessie is not related to Jessica.[citation needed] It is considered a pet form of the name Jane or Jean (feminisations of John).[citation needed] This is expressed in variants as the names Seana/Seóna (Shawna) in the Irish language or Sìne (Sheena) in Scottish Gaelic.[citation needed] Related feminine names taken from John are Jane/Joan (Sìne), Janie (Sìneag), and Janet/Janice (Seònaid); though spelling may change slightly dependent upon the Goidelic language used (be it Irish, Manx, or Scottish Gaelic).[citation needed]
An additional nickname for Jessie, heard in Scotland, is Jinty (or Jinny), a connection to Jean (female given name)/Jane/Jennie.[citation needed]
Jessie is as an Anglicisation of the Goidelic root-word of "seas",[1][2] meaning "to stand". In Irish this is Seasaidh/Seasaídh (pro. "Sheh-see", emphasis on first syllable), which uses the fut. aff. conjugation of "seas".[citation needed]
The Scottish Gaelic variant is Seasaidh/Teasaidh/Teasag, (pronounced "Cheh-say").[citation needed]
See also
- Jess (disambiguation)
- Jesse (disambiguation)
- Jessica (disambiguation)
- Jessie (disambiguation)
- Jessy (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "seas – Dictionary". end.translatum.gr. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "seasaím". 29 January 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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