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Marmite name?

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passthegin1234 · 23/08/2020 09:03

Jesse.

Is it a marmite name? Any thoughts?

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ittooshallpass · 28/08/2020 13:55

It's a no from me. Can't believe how many people have never heard of the 'you big Jessie' insult. It's definitely alive and kicking in my area. In response to someone up thread; it doesn't originate off Breaking Bad.

I think it's an unfair name to give to a boy. It's 50/50 whether he'd be able to carry it off. Like Beau or Grace... you have to be careful.

monkeyonthetable · 28/08/2020 13:04

I love it. Classic biblical name.

Sausagedog1 · 28/08/2020 13:02

I love it it's one of my favourites, but I think it's a name women tend to love and men tend to hate (just my anecdotal experience from asking for opinions)
It's soft and feminine with a surfer vibe, my DH said he would hate to be called Jesse and wouldn't even consider it. A few other men I asked said similar. I think this might change a bit as it's now more popular.

Sunflowers24 · 28/08/2020 11:05

I only know it spelled Jessie.

Sounds like a nickname for Jessica or Jessamine.

pooopypants · 28/08/2020 10:46

Love marmite

Not sure on Jesse, when spelled that way. Too American for me.

Call your baby Marmite. Please?

Enko · 28/08/2020 10:13

marmite name for sure and I am a firm no

namenerd · 28/08/2020 01:51

Absolutely adore the name Jesse !! 😍 (but then again, I love Marmite too 😂)

Fifthtimelucky · 24/08/2020 17:42

I know a Jesse in his 30s. It was very unusual at the time but his father is American which probably goes some way to explain it (English mother).

PoodleMoth · 24/08/2020 15:02

Love it and know a couple. They never get any negative feedback thart I've heard

August20 · 24/08/2020 11:53

@Pippilangstrumpfie

That is like saying you cannot nickname a boy Joe because it sounds like Jo Confused

FizzyGreenWater · 24/08/2020 11:48

Yes it's great. Probably slightly marmite, but not really, especially as its becoming more popular.

CathyNorth · 24/08/2020 11:32

Love it

AlrightBabby · 24/08/2020 11:28

I've known two males called Jesse, one was a great, hulking but very jolly farmer and the other was a lad I taught who was the nicest, kindest boy, so I'd say go for it!

micc · 24/08/2020 07:56

I love it, love the names Jesse, jessie and Jessica. Everyone I have ever met called jess has been great ahah
But I have to agree it does sound a bit American.

DoTheMaccaroni · 24/08/2020 07:44

I’m in the North West and although “you big Jessie” was vaguely familiar I only ever see people bang on about it on here whenever this name is mentioned. Other than that I’ve only heard it on films. Nobody in my area would ever use that term!

I love Jesse 😁

Pippilangstrumpfie · 24/08/2020 07:33

Jess and Jessie are girls names. Short for Jessica.

Jesse sounds the same!

Jj2431 · 24/08/2020 02:46

i love Jesse on a boy

alexdgr8 · 24/08/2020 00:54

i think big jessie mean something like nancy boy.
but i had never heard it until i was middle aged.
i think it is dying out, as an insult, as is homophobia generally.
jesse is a classic name.
use it if you like it. nothing wrong with it.

by the way, anyone heard of mary-jane used in similar perjorative way ?

Bouncingbelle · 24/08/2020 00:52

I like it but in Scotland Jesse would just get the Micky ripped out of him constantly ‘ya big jesse’

lakesidesummer · 24/08/2020 00:48

I'm too Scots for it to work for me but in other contexts it would be fine.

AlwaysLatte · 24/08/2020 00:42

Ah is Big Jesse from Breaking Bad? That would explain it, I haven't seen that.

AlwaysLatte · 24/08/2020 00:39

I love it! I don't know what Big Jesse means either, maybe it's a regional thing. I'd go for it!

MrsAvocet · 24/08/2020 00:36

I can take it or leave it. It's fine, but not a favourite of mine.
Wouldn't have picked it myself, but don't think it is odd or dated. But then my boys have New Testament names and I don't really think of them as dated either - classic or timeless more like as they've been used in every generation of my family for at least 150 years. The only names I really think of as dated are names that are very much associated with only one period in time, for example Kylie and the 1980s (in this country anyway - I appreciate it is different in Australia). Biblical and other "classic" names do wax and wane in popularity of course, but they tend not to disappear completely so I don't think they signal a particular era in quite the same way. And come to think of it, does it really matter if they do?

August20 · 24/08/2020 00:11

I really like it (assuming a boy with that spelling) BUT I am outside the UK and didn't realise it was a marmite name there. I have known a few Jesses but all American or Australian.

JollyGiraffe12 · 23/08/2020 23:51

Awful name

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