Can Jesse be unisex?

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I love Jesse for a boy but am considering it also for a girl.
Does it need to be Jessie or do you think a girl could be spelt Jesse? What do you think?

What about Jessamine,like the song? lovely girl's name.

The web says Jessamy's a variant of Jasmine, first appeared in the 1630s but wasn't really used as a name until the late 1700s.

Yes, Jessamine's beautiful.

Jessamy is another form of Jessamine, which stems from Jasmine, and is a very old name.

My granny was a Jessie. I think Jesse is a boy. Lovely name for either.

"I don't think anybody has called anybody else a big Jessie since 1971!"

Lol, perhaps not. But in my mind I still associate the name "Jesse" with a homophobic slur. Even though kids today don't still say it I'm sure many of them are aware of it or will pick it up from old TV shows etc.

My daughter is called Jesse (without the i). We were thinking of it for a boy, but when a girl popped out, and we didn't have a girls name, we just stuck with it. I know it's really a boy's spelling but I didn't want Jessica, and to me, Jessie is just short for Jessica. Jesse is a name in it's own right. And so many names are spelt so many different ways these days I think we can get away with it. And I LOVE it now!

Yes my aunt was a Jesse and it was one of my first choices if we'd had a girl

I am the Jessamy- or rather, I am at least the one that posted on "what is your name" thread

It is an old name, as has been said. My mother discovered it through this 19th C author (The Jessamy Bride) but it pre-dates that as mentioned upthread.

I know a girl called Jessamin.

I do love Jesse for a boy, it conjures up cowboy images for me, Jesse James for instance, but however much I like it (it was on my shortlist last time) most people actually expressed horror for a boy with the whole 'you big Jesse' phrase, I felt it would have been too much of a risk on the kid, it's still well known enough round here for me!

I love Jessamy.Jessica,Jessie and Jess
Jesse for a boy would work better in the US than here I think.

Jesse is fine for a girl. Patti Smith's daughter is called Jesse x

I think Jess or Jesse looks more elegant than Jessie (which looks a little twee and cutesy).

Well my name is Jessie, I was born a girl, but I prefer spelling Jesse, as it is more gender neutral and I just prefer the spelling without the i
I think jesse/jessie should be a gender neutral name and it should be down to the preferred spelling

What’s a big Jesse?

Jessie on its own is fine. If you look back 100 years, it usually wasn't short for anything (Jessica wasn't common till the mid C20th).

I would use Jessie for a girl.

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