Jesse

[Tutina02]

Hi, do you think the name Jesse goes with Ben (big brother) or is it too different styles?
(Big sisters are Emily & Ellena (Ellie)
Thank you x

It goes with Ben. Same sort of style.

Both are Old Testament so yes, they are the same style and go together.

Yes, I think they go really well together. Love both names.

Meant to add, though both are OT names, Ben is more classic and Jesse isn’t. Possibly also because Ben is also short for Benedict as well as Benjamin.

I really love the name Jesse 😍

My ex BIL is called Jesse. He hates it. He is quite tall, so people think it's hilarious to call him 'big Jesse'. Also, despite the difference in spelling, a lot of people assume it's a girls' name.

I think it works well

Ah what a lovely combination @Tutina02

I love love love Jesse by the way

Yes, they go well together imo. Lots of Bens seem to have brothers called Joshua so Jesse feels a bit fresher but in the same kind of vein.

I like it but would spell it Jessie personally.

Jessie is cute but I'd use Jessica on the bc.

For those saying Jessie or Jessica, those are girls’ names. Jesse is a boys’ name.

Sorry, natural assumption went to a girls name

YES

Love it.

Love it and it goes well.

Thank you everyone ❣️❤️🥰

I dont think they go, they are pretty different to me Jesse is very 1800s country/western frontier and your other childrens names aren't

My sons name is Jesse and honestly I wouldnt pick names like Ben, Ellen or Emily as they give an entirely different vibe (absoloutly nothing wrong with them as names they just arent my personal taste but Jesse very much is so it feels like they are very different)

Jesse would be fine in USA, but it's problematic here because of the firmly established Scottish (and n English and perhaps elsewhere) insult 'big Jesse'

Exercise caution

@AuntieStella

Jesse would be fine in USA, but it's problematic here because of the firmly established Scottish (and n English and perhaps elsewhere) insult 'big Jesse'

Exercise caution

its 75 in the UK naming charts and rising quickly and its my sons name and I know another Jesse too and only 2 people have mention the phrase 'big Jesse' and both where men in their 70s, its very much an 'uncool' dying phrase along with 'fairy' and 'poofter'

most peoples first response is 'like Jesse James?'

I wouldn't mention it in front of an actual person with the name. No one with any manners would.

And even though people might not use the slurs you mention so readily, we all know what they mean. And I do not share your reliance on the assumption that they have gone away. Which is why caution is needed.

the insult 'big Jesse'

The insult is big Jessie. With the I. The girl’s name. Like saying someone is a girl- in a negative way. Jesse is a boy’s name. I don’t think Jesse and Jessie are even pronounced the same.

I love the name Jesse and considered it but didn’t use it as I thought it would probably lead to bullying.

Jesse pronounced like Jessie? That sounds very feminine to me. Sounds like it's a nickname for Jessica or Jess.