Jesse - yay or nay?

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I’ve always liked Jesse for a boy. OH not too keen, he thinks it’s too American. I did a quick look on our customer database at work, it’s not a common name by the looks of it but there are a fair few knocking around in my corner of the county. They can’t all be Americans surely.

Is too American?
Too girly?

Thanks 😊

Yay! I have a 12 year old Jesse, it's a great name!

nay!
for all the negative reasons given above

Love it.,

Too girly for me.

I LOVE the name Jesse. I've known a few and they are all lovely chaps.

I know an adult Jesse (twenties) and a 4 year old Jesse. It really suits both of them and I like it. I don’t think either have had negative comments about their name.

Love it, one of my faves

I love it

Faint hint of Americana and biblical, like Caleb, and nothing wrong with that.

Doesn’t that Jess/ica / Jessie is a girls name - no one worries about Alex or Francis/Frances.

You big Jessie is not in common use anymore

go for it

Yes it's absolutely beautiful for a boy, love it.

Quite like it

love it I got a Jesse James in the family

Jesse James and cowboys. No problem with Jesse.
It's not too popular and that is a plus.
It's cute though not in my top twenty.

I’m not keen, for the same reasons you mention.

It’s one of those names where if you’re a cool, good looking teen, you’d not only carry off the name, but give it serious cachet.

If you’re not cool, you’d get endlessly teased for it.

If you can predict which one your DS is likely to be, that might help.

My 6 year old is called Jesse, I wasn't keen at first but his dad persuaded me, he has a J last name too and it flows really well. I was concerned about the big Jesse thing but I think that's a generation thing as I haven't heard it for years.
We Nick name his Jess and also Jester or Jesteroni pepperoni