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Jess for a boy?

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OkayHazel · 30/03/2013 02:02

I really like Jess and Jesse, but are there any longer names that these two derive from?

Feel like I just don't know enough about this name!

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Emphaticmaybe · 01/04/2013 12:17

Jesse is quite cool now for a boy even here in the UK - Breaking Bad anyone?

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 12:17

My brother used to babysit him bowler many moons ago I had forgotten him

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 12:17

Sounds like a great school Right I am off this thread is everything I hate about MN Happy easter

Bowlersarm · 01/04/2013 12:16

Just thought of a Jesse in the public eye. Jesse Wood, son of Ronnie, and boyfriend of Fearne Cotton. That should help the cause of boy Jesse's shouldn't it?

seeker · 01/04/2013 12:13

I am delighted that your son has never experienced any teasing.

If we're talking personally, I asked my own son about this and he said that a Jesse turning up in his class at school would definitely get teased. As he said, "It shouldn't happen but it would"

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 12:06

You are speaking for yourself not 'most people'. I am speaking from experience as my son has that name and we have never encountered any of these things

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 12:05

Where have I been rude?

seeker · 01/04/2013 12:03

Most people will assume girl if they hear "Jessie"

Why are you being so rude, by the way?

Coconutty · 01/04/2013 12:03

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noddyholder · 01/04/2013 11:59

Oh right so if its well known its ok. Most people won't assume a girl if they see jesse I can assure.Ds is phsl at this suburban mothers worrying about what people call their kids. he has a point

seeker · 01/04/2013 11:44

No. Because Frances/is is well known to be a unisex name. Jesse sounds like a name which is almost always a girl's name.

GlaikitHasHerFizzBack · 01/04/2013 11:42

I would avoid Jesse in Scotland because of big Jesse. But if you aren't in Scotland I can't see a problem.

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 11:35

My name is a dual sex name too have never thought of it until now! No one else has ever mentioned it either Grin

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seeker · 01/04/2013 09:51

Noddy- will you stop saying cryptic things??

noddyholder · 01/04/2013 09:50

Fgs risk it?

seeker · 01/04/2013 09:45

"While Jessie is a girl's name (sometimes but not always a diminutive of Jessica), it is not the same name as Jesse."

But it's pronounced the same. So to another child it amounts to the same name. I am just amazed that anyone would deliberately choose a name out of the millions of names available that might make their child's life more difficult. It might not, obviously. But it might. So why risk it?

PipkinsPal · 01/04/2013 09:37

Thank you Kitten. Hazel - I wasn't being negative about the name of Jesse being of Gypsy/Traveller origin I was just stating a fact that he is the only person I know who is called Jesse.

MajaBiene · 01/04/2013 01:11

"Big Jessie" isn't really a term in common usage, at least not where I am from! I doubt most children would be aware of it/know what it means.

I know an adult and a child Jesse - neither has been teased for the name.

KittenOfDoom · 01/04/2013 01:01
  1. Jesse is NOT an American name.
Jesse has enjoyed some popularity in the USA, perhaps more frequently than in the UK. Biblical names seem to be more consistently favoured in the USA and less subject to fashion (this is just my own impression).
  1. Jesse is NOT a unisex name.
While Jessie is a girl's name (sometimes but not always a diminutive of Jessica), it is not the same name as Jesse.
AberdeenAngusina · 31/03/2013 20:35

It wouldn't be a good name here (north Scotland) because a "big Jessie" is a boy who's scared of something.

weeper · 31/03/2013 19:55

I know an adult male Jess. I think it's a lovely name and not that 'girly' for some reason?

I think he did get teased a bit about it in school, as you might expect (most kids will get teased about something), but it's certainly not held him back!

Bowlersarm · 31/03/2013 17:15

Ah! You have a while longer to come to a decision then Smile

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OkayHazel · 31/03/2013 17:13

Bowlers I'm not actually pregnant, but I still like the name very much. Though I admit it's the nickname 'Jess' that I prefer to Jesse. Jesse might be too Texan for me.

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Bowlersarm · 31/03/2013 17:11

Do you think you will use it Hazel ? Has this helped either way?