Jesse

[Deeal]

Thoughts on Jesse for a boy? DH is pushing for it. I like it but know so many female Jessies/Jessis (often short for Jessica) that it kind of takes away the charm. I feel the same way about Jamie. Meeting too many people with a certain name makes it feel dull.

It's a beautiful name.

Carly Simon. Jesse is a boys name and has been for a few thousand years.

Jesse James?

Bet noone took the piss out of him for his name!

Great name

I absolutely love it - great name!

Genuinely awful. Wet and weedy.

It's a biblical name and not spelled the same way.

I have never met, nor do I know a single boy or man called Jesse.

It seems more popular in America tbh.

Yep this. Don't call your son this @Deeal

It off my name list due to a couple of kids I’ve taught with that name putting me off!

Hmmmm not this century it's not.

It carries strong 80s vibes for me

I love it. Would have been our boy choice over 20 years ago. Feels a very strong name to me.

184th most popular boys name in the USA 2025 according to Google.
It was more popular in the 70s and 80s but still seems to be a steady regular name.

No I still like it and for a while I wished it was our sons name. The first mum friend I made at a baby group had a Jesse and I felt so envious of the name.
When I told him he was nearly a Jesse he said he preferred his actual name though. He's 6.

Just sounds like a girls name.

Very popular suddenly. I have a child in reception and know three now (aged between 1 year and 6 years)

I know a Jesse he’s early 30’s now. I love the name. It’s either pronounced Jess or Jessie.
I also know a Jude again a great boys name. Love Jesse go for it OP

That doesn’t make it ok!

Perhaps people should just stop using names as an insult.
I haven't heard Jesse/Jessie as an insult for donkeys years. Would children today have ever even heard it used that way?

It means gift in Hebrew and Jesse was the father of David who Jesus is descended from

Strangely, I think of it as quite boyish.

I definitely hear Jesse not Jessie, and have never actually thought about them sounding the same.

I like it.

Makes me think of Jesse James and Jesse from Breaking Bad.

Soooo long since I have heard this!

No its not.