Jesse

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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.

I doubt the younger generations will be using this name in a derogatory manner. I’d never heard of it, and I’m not that young. With the exception of ‘Karen’, I don’t think it’s at all common anymore to use names as insults.

Exactly.
"Karen" as an insult has become a no-no so within a few years that will be gone.

It's not used as an insult as much as it used to be in Scotland, but it is still an insult.

Only if someone actually says it and uses it that way.
But why would someone....?

It could be regional, but there are many in early years settings round us. Look at the stats on darkgreener- lots born in England and Wales in the last few years! So chances are you will meet a Jesse at some point.

I don’t agree with the PP calling it wet. I definitely think of it as sounding better on a boy. It’s very masculine to me. It sounds like a man who would be brave and not afraid of anything.

Well, at a football game, if one player is rolling around on the ground after a tackle, hoping to get a penalty, and the other team's supporters think he is over-egging it, you'd hear "Get up ya big Jessie!"

Well then it's time people grew up and stopped doing that 🙄

I know a 10 year old one. We’re in England but he has a Scottish dad which surprised me as I thought it was an insult there.

I showed that comment to DH who was completely bemused - apparently football insults tend to be a lot, let's say, stronger. He described that one as being from a 1950s football annual.

I really don't think it's a modern insult at all, at least where we are. Thankfully very old-fashioned.

I love it and like the Biblical connection.

Girls name!

I know lots of Jessicas and Jessies

It sounds so feminine. I also don’t like the Big Jesse association.

I agree. It sounds so soft and feminine.

It would shorten to Jess?

I really like it. Was on our list many years ago

Don't like it

It’s cute

My son is called Jesse :) we get nothing but compliments on his name, I live in the south west and have never heard of his name being used as an insult. People need to get over that.
we live in a world where anything goes these days and so it should.
if you like it OP go for it, literally doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks :)

Hate it. Too feminine for a boy. Just awful for a girl.

I don’t think it’s feminine at all. Quite the opposite. It’s pretty masculine because Jesse is a biblical patriarch. It has no relation to the girl’s name Jessie, so why are people bringing that up?

I love it and very nearly used it.
There’s a beautiful Carly Simon song about Jesse
I know one and he’s beautiful
cannot stand Jamie that’s a totally different vibe. Jamie is weak. Jesse is a cowboy
I would never use it for a girl though. Jessica is unpleasant to my ears

I have always liked Jesse for a boy. Am not a fan of Jessie for a girl despite having a few ancestors with the name (been playing on Ancestry a lot). I don't think its common, i have never met one.

Way too feminine - Jessie, Jess, Jessica..!!

Because if you hear someone say it, it sounds the same, maybe ?

I like the name Jesse, BUT I remember when it was used as an insult, as in 'you are a right Jessie' (effeminate).
And before anyone picks me up on saying being effeminate is an insult, I'm just letting you know what the name meant back in the mists of time when I was young.

I love Jesse for a boy, it gives me effortlessly cool vibes