Jessie (given name)

• 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 (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 Lemonier (born 1997), American football player
• 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 Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897), American writer
• 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

• 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

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 expressed in variants as the names Seana/Seóna (Shawna) in the Irish language or Sìne (Sheena) in Scottish Gaelic. 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).

An additional nickname for Jessie, heard in Scotland, is Jinty (or Jinny), a connection to Jean (female given name)/Jane/Jennie.

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".

The Scottish Gaelic variant is Seasaidh/Teasaidh/Teasag, (pronounced "Cheh-say").

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