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When you hear the name Jesse...

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Grimmfebruary · 14/11/2017 08:40

Too American? Assume it's a girl?

Can't make my mind up and dp loves it.

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TillyTheTiger · 16/11/2017 21:10

I don't think it's just an insult in Scotland -
growing up in the North/Midlands I've heard 'you big jessie' used to mean soft or weak. Although my first thought was Jessie from Toy Story.

ALS17081982 · 16/11/2017 20:53

Absolutely love it for a boy!

kaytee87 · 16/11/2017 09:34

I’m not sure the origins but it’s basically an insult to call a boy or man effeminate or weak. A bit like a big girls blouse.

pipilangstrumpf · 16/11/2017 09:12

Why is Jesse so badly perceived in Scotland?

kaytee87 · 16/11/2017 08:46

I knew a boy Jesse at school, he got the utter piss ripped out of him. I’m in Scotland.
He ended up trying to get everyone to call him Jerry instead and insisted that was his real name. Was very sad actually.

I don’t think it has negative connotations outside of Scotland though.

Jjpeston · 15/11/2017 23:37

Great name. Jesse Wood, Ronnie Wood's son, married to Fearne Cotton is a good example of a Jesse who's English, a man, not a cowboy, and hot to boot

Glumglowworm · 15/11/2017 12:35

Hearing it I would think girl but seeing the spelling I would think boy

I'm not a big fan tbh

babyinthacorner · 15/11/2017 11:51

LOVE IT! Desperately wanted it for a boy but DH wouldn't let me because of the insult connotation.
We're also just on Season 3 of Breaking Bad so definitely think Pinkman. Not necessarily a bad thing... 😬

FizzyGreenWater · 15/11/2017 10:29

Really like it.

Laid back, unusual but familiar to most people, quite cool.

Something quite rufty-tufty about it too. Surfer dude/lumberjack/easy-going farmhand types might be called Jesse.

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Grimmfebruary · 15/11/2017 07:53

Not disputing that but for the immediate future I think he'd be fine 😂

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icantgetnosleep5 · 15/11/2017 07:35

Kids move all over the place, and Edinburgh is a highly ranked uni, I was brought up in wales but have ended up living in Scotland twice , it happens!

icantgetnosleep5 · 15/11/2017 07:34

I know you don't live in Scotland, but tht dsnt mean that you want to rule out somewhere that ur son can live in the future , everyone would laugh in his face ! No Scottish woman would marry a Jesse either !

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Grimmfebruary · 14/11/2017 23:01

Well I'm not in Scotland so that's fine...

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holdbackonthewine · 14/11/2017 22:59

I think immediately of the black male Olympic athlete Jesse Owens who Hitler hated to see win in the 1936 Olympics so, for me, it’s definitely male and heroic to boot.

dementedma · 14/11/2017 22:49

Ya big Jessie is an insult here in Scotland. Boy would be teased

dementedma · 14/11/2017 22:49

Ya big Jessie is an insult here in Scotland. Boy would be teased

DeadDoorpost · 14/11/2017 22:43

See, I think of Jessie from Pokemon's Team Rocket exposes my obsession

fartyghost · 14/11/2017 22:41

Jesse James , the American outlaw, bank and train robber.
Listen to this song about him m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9RKP0pu9hY

BelafonteRavenclaw · 14/11/2017 22:34

Like it

It reminds me of the song Dear Jessie by Madonna, a childhood favourite.

Shockers · 14/11/2017 22:29

Jessie is my 95 year old Grandmother’s name. Its not short for anything else.

Jesse for a boy sounds very American to me.

Joeybee · 14/11/2017 22:24

To me I imagine a young American boy playing baseball!

Yika · 14/11/2017 20:49

I love it, I think of it as a Biblical name.

pipilangstrumpf · 14/11/2017 20:22

I know a few young Jessicas that are known as Jessie.

Joinourclub · 14/11/2017 18:53

I like Jesse.

My first thought is Jesse from home and away, so I think if it as more Aussie than American.

Similar names, imo, are:

Jed
Zac
Taylor
Sonny

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Grimmfebruary · 14/11/2017 18:16

Well it seems to be quite popular as a choice for boys! It's growing on me. And it's definitely J-e-s-s-e, like the cowboy, that it would be spelled. Haha.

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