Naming a boy Jess/Jesse - would you?

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What about in Scotland where a wimp is a Big Jessie?

My name is Jessie and dh really wants next ds to be Jesse. I like it but not covinced by having a son named after me, or that he wont get teased.

However dh is desperate for a girl and letting him choose the name if it is a boy may be some consolation.

What do you think?

I don't like it for a boy at all but that's just my opinion. To me it sounds like a lovely girl's name but just too feminine for a boy. I'm not sure if he'd get teased but I wouldn't risk it if it were my ds.

I like it as a boys name - I think quite common in Australia where the "big jessie" thing is probably not an issue. All the Jesse boys I have known have been lovely.

Jess is short for Jessica isn't it? I would actomatically think it's a girls name.
Also when someone is called a big jesse it means they are girlie doesn't it? Let's hope your ds is big enough to be able to handle the teasing he will surely get throughout his life.

Why not go for Jamie? It's sort of scottish, not too far from Jess and much more of a boys name...

There is a boy called Jesse at my son's pre school and it's kind of cute, but I'm sorry, I really wouldn't if your name is Jessie.

There will be confusion at home and i think that by the time he's a teenager he will be embarrassed at being called the same name as his mum

I love the name Jesse for a boy, but I am Scottish (although living in England right now).

I couldn't - if we ever moved back to Scotland, the poor child would get his head kicked in in the playground for a name like that!

Also, as twosfar said, embarrassing being a teenage boy with the smae name as his mum!!

No, no no.

No because its too feminine IMO

No because of the 'you're a big jessie' thng

and no because its YOUR name!

No, it is a very pretty name but not for a boy. We have a friend who called their boy Jesse, he gets the piss ripped out of him dreadfully. The mum told me that they wanted to call him Luke but didn't want to embarrass him. WTF?

I love the name Jesse for a boy but just couldn't do it, he would be teased so much.

Definitely not Jess. Jesse you might get away with but it wouldn't be for me

Lots of boy Jesses around in London. But is seems madness for your son to ahve effectively the same name as you - will cause great confusion...

I like it, saw it recently on a WW1 memorial and it caught my eye.

BUT we say 'Big Jessie' in England too and that puts me off.

I think as a middle name it would be fine, meaningful without any real possibility for confusion or teasing. But not as a first name, there are just too many reasons not to.

Thanks. Everyone seems to be of the same opinion (including me really). I'll need to gently steer dh away

Actually, I would say not to use it solely because you have the same name.
I have a Jesse and I can say absolutely that he has NEVER been teased, made fun of or ridiculed because of his name.
Children will tease each other about anything and a lot more names than Jesse are open to be abused/ridiculed. From what I have read though, we are not talking about general teasing or making the name 'sound' like something else - the general negativity seems to stem from an insult used by adults - that children would have no idea about unless perpetuated by a grown up.
It is lovely biblical name with a beautiful meaning. I have never regretted using it.

I just don't think a boy should be named after his mum.

I knew a Jesse when I was a kid and I love it for a boy. And for those who think it's a 'sissy' name, what about Jesse James (meanest cowboy in the West!