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Deeal · 2026-06-01T12:54:25+00:00

Thoughts on Jesse for a boy? DH is pushing for it. I like it but know so many female Jessies/Jessis (often short for Jessica) that it kind of takes away the charm. I feel the same way about Jamie. Meeting too many people with a certain name makes it feel dull.

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Peanutlicious · 02/06/2026 15:36

I love it and like the Biblical connection.

Excellentsausages · 02/06/2026 12:59

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 22:56

Well then it's time people grew up and stopped doing that 🙄

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I showed that comment to DH who was completely bemused - apparently football insults tend to be a lot, let's say, stronger. He described that one as being from a 1950s football annual.

I really don't think it's a modern insult at all, at least where we are. Thankfully very old-fashioned.

Firebird83 · 01/06/2026 23:20

I know a 10 year old one. We’re in England but he has a Scottish dad which surprised me as I thought it was an insult there.

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 22:56

Aquamarineteal · 01/06/2026 22:42

Well, at a football game, if one player is rolling around on the ground after a tackle, hoping to get a penalty, and the other team's supporters think he is over-egging it, you'd hear "Get up ya big Jessie!"

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Well then it's time people grew up and stopped doing that 🙄

Aquamarineteal · 01/06/2026 22:42

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 22:19

Only if someone actually says it and uses it that way.
But why would someone....?

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Well, at a football game, if one player is rolling around on the ground after a tackle, hoping to get a penalty, and the other team's supporters think he is over-egging it, you'd hear "Get up ya big Jessie!"

LemonFlavour · 01/06/2026 22:41

I don’t agree with the PP calling it wet. I definitely think of it as sounding better on a boy. It’s very masculine to me. It sounds like a man who would be brave and not afraid of anything.

Excellentsausages · 01/06/2026 22:32

Zov · 01/06/2026 20:56

I have never met, nor do I know a single boy or man called Jesse.

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It could be regional, but there are many in early years settings round us. Look at the stats on darkgreener- lots born in England and Wales in the last few years! So chances are you will meet a Jesse at some point.

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 22:19

Aquamarineteal · 01/06/2026 22:17

It's not used as an insult as much as it used to be in Scotland, but it is still an insult.

Only if someone actually says it and uses it that way.
But why would someone....?

Aquamarineteal · 01/06/2026 22:17

It's not used as an insult as much as it used to be in Scotland, but it is still an insult.

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 22:17

BrownRedPink · 01/06/2026 22:15

I doubt the younger generations will be using this name in a derogatory manner. I’d never heard of it, and I’m not that young. With the exception of ‘Karen’, I don’t think it’s at all common anymore to use names as insults.

Exactly.
"Karen" as an insult has become a no-no so within a few years that will be gone.

BrownRedPink · 01/06/2026 22:15

I doubt the younger generations will be using this name in a derogatory manner. I’d never heard of it, and I’m not that young. With the exception of ‘Karen’, I don’t think it’s at all common anymore to use names as insults.

Rollergirl79 · 01/06/2026 22:02

UnderstatedMe · 01/06/2026 18:58

With that spelling it is pronounced Jess. just checking you know that

No its not.

Calliopespa · 01/06/2026 21:59

Uricon2 · 01/06/2026 19:26

Carly Simon. Jesse is a boys name and has been for a few thousand years.

Jesse James?

Bet noone took the piss out of him for his name!

Soooo long since I have heard this!

purplezigzag · 01/06/2026 21:58

I like it.

Makes me think of Jesse James and Jesse from Breaking Bad.

Calliopespa · 01/06/2026 21:56

MiddleAgedDread · 01/06/2026 15:06

this, it's such a "wet" name for a boy!

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Strangely, I think of it as quite boyish.

I definitely hear Jesse not Jessie, and have never actually thought about them sounding the same.

suburburban · 01/06/2026 21:50

MiddleAgedDread · 01/06/2026 21:35

That doesn’t make it ok!

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It means gift in Hebrew and Jesse was the father of David who Jesus is descended from

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 21:41

Perhaps people should just stop using names as an insult.
I haven't heard Jesse/Jessie as an insult for donkeys years. Would children today have ever even heard it used that way?

MiddleAgedDread · 01/06/2026 21:35

Fast800goingforit · 01/06/2026 20:29

It's a biblical name and not spelled the same way.

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That doesn’t make it ok!

IAMFLUFF · 01/06/2026 21:24

I know a Jesse he’s early 30’s now. I love the name. It’s either pronounced Jess or Jessie.
I also know a Jude again a great boys name. Love Jesse go for it OP

WhatNextImScared · 01/06/2026 21:21

Very popular suddenly. I have a child in reception and know three now (aged between 1 year and 6 years)

trendysetter · 01/06/2026 21:18

Just sounds like a girls name.

Daphnedolittle2 · 01/06/2026 21:11

Zov · 01/06/2026 16:36

Are you glad now that your DH vetoed it?

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No I still like it and for a while I wished it was our sons name. The first mum friend I made at a baby group had a Jesse and I felt so envious of the name.
When I told him he was nearly a Jesse he said he preferred his actual name though. He's 6.

Needmorelego · 01/06/2026 21:10

Zov · 01/06/2026 21:00

Hmmmm not this century it's not.

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184th most popular boys name in the USA 2025 according to Google.
It was more popular in the 70s and 80s but still seems to be a steady regular name.

SwedishEdith · 01/06/2026 21:09

I love it. Would have been our boy choice over 20 years ago. Feels a very strong name to me.

MyDuvetDay · 01/06/2026 21:08

It carries strong 80s vibes for me