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Jess for a boy....

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ELR · 09/05/2013 19:48

DH has just told me he likes the name Jess for a boy, I sort of like it but am undecided. We like the name Isla for a girl.
We already have two children a dd and a ds not pregnant yet but we are thinking about ttc no3 soon, we like to get names sorted first!

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Tamdin · 09/05/2013 19:54

My ds is called Jesse so not dissimilar. He gets called jess for short sometimes. If you like it, go for it! :)

Bakingtins · 09/05/2013 19:57

I like the name Jesse but it does have a high teasing potential. I had a bit of a crush on one at Uni but he was manly enough to carry off a girl's name, I imagine it wasn't much fun at primary school

StrangeGlue · 09/05/2013 19:58

I'm not keen. I prefer Jesse but even that I'm so so on

nannyof3 · 09/05/2013 19:59

I wud think of the bullying a spect

PattieOfurniture · 09/05/2013 20:00

Love it, always have. It's a dudes name, I think of gorgeous blonde surfer types with the name Jess, but I would go for Jesse.

orangepudding · 09/05/2013 20:00

I love the name Jesse but not Jes as a full name.

DH didn't like Jesse Sad

noddyholder · 09/05/2013 20:01

My ds is Jesse he is 19 and so far never bullied or even commented on. I always hide jesse threads though before the provincial crew turn up and accuse parents who use it of enticing bullying!

Tamdin · 09/05/2013 20:07

Noddy ds1 has an unusual name too and so far so good on the bullying front. He's 7. I guess we'll have to wait and see how Jesse gets on but fingers crossed!

Leeds2 · 09/05/2013 20:09

I wouldn't personally choose it.

JojoMags · 09/05/2013 20:13

We loved Jesse (pn Jess-ay) for a boy, but were disuaded by how common Jessie/Jessica/Jess is for girls - I think Jessica has been in the top 10 girls names for years. If you decide to use it I would go with Jesse and shorten it to Jess at home. If he went to school as 'Jess' I'm afraid he would get teased.

LaydeeC · 09/05/2013 20:48

BakingTins - it is not a girl's name, Jesse is a biblical male name. I have a 15yo Jesse and he has never, ever been teased. Neither has his best friend Sam which is equally a male/female name no?

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ELR · 09/05/2013 20:54

Thanks everyone. I don't mind Jesse but prefer Jess but lie some have said could name Jesse then have Jess for home.
Other names we like are:
Sam
Will but have a nephew William
Ben my brother and a nephew
James DH middle name but don't like Jamie
Also quite like Theo, Isaac and Noah but DH doesn't particulary like them.

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noddyholder · 09/05/2013 20:56

It isn't a girls name Hmm

WildRumpus · 09/05/2013 21:02

My DS has a mate called Jesse. Big, strong, strapping boy with shaggy blond hair and piercing blue eyes. No one thinks he has a girls name. If you like it use it.

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ELR · 09/05/2013 21:08

Well we have the blue eyes and blonde surfer hair going on already! Ds who is nearly 8 is a proper little surfer dude!
Being thick here but do you pronounce the e in Jesse? I think yes but just read something on google which has confused me!

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noddyholder · 09/05/2013 21:19

My son looks like that too! Blonde muscly skateboarder might be a pic of him on my page Smile

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ELR · 09/05/2013 21:24

Nice kitchen noddy your son looks lovely too!

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noddyholder · 09/05/2013 21:25

That was a house I sold a refurb Thanks x

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SconeInSixtySeconds · 09/05/2013 21:33

Couldn't he be a Jessamy nn Jess?

ilikeyoursleeves · 09/05/2013 21:35

In Scotland if you're called 'a big Jessie' that means you're a bit of a girl! I wouldn't call a boy Jess for that reason.

olivertheoctopus · 09/05/2013 21:42

Jesse yes (altho wouldn't be on my list) but Jess no. Although I did discover a few years back that Postman Pat's cat Jess is a boy cat...

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ELR · 09/05/2013 22:45

I have done a little google research ect and I now really like the name Jesse instead of jess although will have of rethink the middle name of James! Our other two don't have middle names so maybe we will just not have one. So all I need to do now is get pregnant!!

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Corygal · 09/05/2013 22:49

Jesse is Ok - Jess is not unless as a nickname.

Please, please don't call your male child by a female name. It never ends well for the unfortunate child (plus everyone laughs at you behind your back while sympathising for your bullied offspring).

noddyholder · 09/05/2013 22:57

Fgs