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.
Namesakes
Entertainment
- Jessie Buckley, Irish entertainer and I'd Do Anything finalist
- Jessie Camacho, American Survivor contestant
- Jessie Flower (born 1994), American actress
- Jessie Godderz, American Big Brother contestant
- Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006), American musician
- Jessie J (born 1988), British singer
- Jessie Rogers (born 1993), Brazilian-American pornographic actress
- Jessie Royce Landis (1896–1972), American actress
- Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), British actress and singer
- Jessie Wallace (born 1971), British actress
- Jessie Ward (born 1982), American actress
- Jessie Ware (born 1984), British singer-songwriter
Politics
- Jessie Daniel Ames (1883–1972), American civil rights activist
- Jessie Cooper (1914–1993), Australian politician
- Jessie M. Rattley (1929–2001), American mayor
- Jessie Rooke (1845–1906), Australian suffragette and temperance reformer
Writers and artists
- Jessie Brown Pounds (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs
- Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer
- Jessie Oonark (1906–1985), Canadian Inuit artist
- Jessie Pope (1868–1941), English World War I poet
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American writer
Sports
- Jessie Britt (born 1963), American football player
- Jessie Evans (basketball), American basketball coach
- Jessie Hollins (1970–2009), American baseball player
- Jessie Tuggle (born 1965), American football player
- Jessie Ward (born 1979), American professional wrestler
Other people
- Elaine Riddick Jessie (born 1954), American victim of forced sterilization
- Jessie Foster (born 1985), Canadian prostitute
- Jessie MacWilliams (1917–1990), English mathematician
- Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3
- Jessie Weston (1850–1928), British scholar and folklorist
- Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), American pilot
Fictional characters
- Jessie (Pokémon)
- Jessie (Toy Story)
- Jessie Prescott
- Jessie Jackson (Coronation Street)
- Jessie Burlingame, a Gerald's Game character
- Jessie Burlingame, a Wrong Turn character
- Jessie Cates, a 'night, Mother character
- Jessie McCarney, a Dead Rising character
Usage in Ireland and Scotland
It is important to note that in Celtic usage, Jessie is not related to Jessica. It is considered a pet form of the name Jane or Jean (feminisations of John). This is further expressed in Gaelic variants as the names Seana/Seóna (Shawna) or Sìne (Sheena). Related feminine names taken from John are Jane/Joan (Sìne), Janie (Sìneag), and Janet/Janice (Seònaid); all are considered equated, though spelling may change slightly dependent upon the form of Gaelic (Irish or Scottish).
An additional nickname for Jessie, heard in Scotland, is Jinty (or Jinny). This may or may not be the case in Ireland or Northern Ireland. It hints at the aforementioned connection there to Jean (female given name)/Jane/Jennie.
Also of note is that Jessie serves as an Anglicisation of the Gaelic root-word of "seas",[1][2] meaning "to stand". In Irish Gaelige this is Seasaidh/Seasaídh (pro. "Sheh-see", emphasis on first syllable), which uses the fut. aff. conjugation of "seas". If using "seasaidh" but not as a given name, it is pronounced "shay-cee".
The Scots Gàidhlig variant is Teasaidh/Teasag, (pro. "Cheh-say"), though Seasaidh is also recognised.
See also
- Jess (disambiguation)
- Jesse (disambiguation)
- Jessica (disambiguation)
- Jessie (disambiguation)
- Jessy (disambiguation)