Jessamy ?

[FourLittleDucks]

What do you think of Jessamy ? would you know how to pronounce it ?
DD4 due any day !

My sister went to school with a Jessamy. Was ok- both her and her older sister were nice enough.

Please. No. Sesame street.

(meant that it rhymes with sesame & he will be teased. Does it though? Is that the correct pronunciation?)

where i live, there are lots of people called Jessmay, seems to be pronounced Jezz-may.
Not really sure about Jessamy, does it rhyme with sesame? or is it Jess-ay-mee?

Sorry, don't like at all.

I'd probably pronounce it JESS-a-mee. I think it's quite pretty. Is there an actress with the name - I'm sure I've seen it recently?

hate it

I'm not keen.

it's a boy's name, isn't it? It is in the Georgette Heyer novel I read, tho I admit that's not exactly empirical evidence!! Nice name either way.

Prefer Jessamyn.

reminds me of jessabelle

Oh, I love it! I used to know one and just thought she had the most beautiful name. There's also Jessamine, again another form of Jasmine.

The only worry is pronunciation because it's quite unfamiliar to many people. I remember the Jessamy I knew trying to explain her name to a new person: "Jessamy." "Jessica?" "No - Jessamy." "Jess... sorry?" "It's like Jess, then Amy." "Ohhh, Jess-Amy?" "No, JESS-a-mee!" etc. etc. etc. Could get tiring.

Elena67 - think I flicked through that book - I think that it was a nickname for that boy, because 'jessamy' used to be a slang word meaning a dandy. This is because jessamy is an old English word for Jasmine. So, no, I don't think it was in use as a proper given name for boys.

nah. Ds knows a Jessie May - said as a full first name - rather american i think but it's nicer.

I think its a lovely name. Quirky, but still classic.

Mulchee
This thread dates back to 2010

like it quite a lot, i know one girl w this name no one seems to find it hard to pronounce, nice and not too commonly used.

Jessamy is very much a boy's name to me (another Georgette Hayer fan!)

I wouldn't use a well-established boys name on a girl.

I wonder what OP chose?