Thoughts on Jessamy

[GoldenRosebee]

Thoughts on Jessamy (Jess-a-me). It's 17th Century variation on Jasmine and Jessamine.

I like it.

I quite like it - I was at school with one in the 80s so have fond memories of it.

Of course it’s a name, a very old one. As a pp said, just because you haven’t heard it, doesn’t make it American, or made-up. I taught a Jessamy once. I like it, it’s unusual and cool.

I absolutely love it and have had it on my list for years. I can't remember where I first heard it, but probably in a book in the 90s.

There is a 1967 book with the title by Barbara Sleigh, but I've seen a Victorian reference whilst doing family history research.

I like it. I’d heard it several times before, surprised other posters haven’t.

I like Jessica, Amy is ok. So is Jasmine.

Jessamy and Jessamine are awful.

It sounds like something you could be taken to court for (like bigamy).

I went to school with a Jessamy and she was a bitch!

It’s giving Quiverfull Movement.

Maybe she was permenantly pissed off because her name was god awful?

Everyone will initially pronounce it Jess-A-My

Nope, nope and nope

That’s the one I was thinking of & I seem to remember he loathed his name.

Never curse your child with a name that they will spend their whole life spelling or correcting other people's mispronounciation of.

Jessamy is such a name, on both counts, as is my surname, which is why I know how annoying it is.

I don't know whether that's pronounced JESS-ah-me or Jess-AY-me. Other posters think JESS-ah-miy.

Every over-the-phone interaction where your daughter has to give her name will go:

Call centre droid: "And your first name?"

DD: "Jessamy, that's J E S S A M Y."

Because she will have learnt before she leaves secondary school that everyone will ask her to spell her name and she will resort to preemptively spelling it.

Why are so many people apparently allergic to names like Carol, Susan, Mary, Heather, Rose, or any of the dozens if not hundreds of available names that 100% of native English speakers know how to pronounce and spell? This is a child, not a car or a lifestyle accessory. She doesn't exist to demonstrate how kewl and yooniq her parents are.

Sometimes, I think that the countries that have an approved names list that you have to pick from have the right idea.

Trying way too hard to think outside the box, and it just sounds stupid

Just no

I actually think it's really cute.

Edit: reminds me of that character in the series 'Girls' called Jessa. I always thought that was a nice name too.

I really like it! I'm surprised by some of the negative responses. Easily shortened to Jess too, which I also like.

Makes me think of Jessamy seeds. Or "Open Jessame!"

It isn't awful though. I wouldn't personally use it as it does have a yoonique vibe.

No.

I love it. A PP mentioned Jessamy Calkin, a journalist.

It's not new, or made up, and it doesn't sound like "jizz-on-me" 🙄 😆

I'm surprised by the number of posters who haven't heard it before. It is unusual though, and she will have a lifetime of spelling it out.

Jessamy stoddart comes to mind…not a bad name at all just a little unusual but pretty!

I have a bog-standard name, but I still have to spell it out because there can be a different spelling of it (think Ann/Anne).

It's a bit like "jizz on me"