THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Jesse
Jesse is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Jesse Robredo, Jesse Shugg. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.; A female given name, variant of Jessie.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Jesse
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jesse Robredo
Philippine politician and cabinet secretary (1958-2012)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jesse Shugg
Filipino-Canadian soccer player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
7
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jesse Robredo, Jesse Shugg
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jesse in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jesse
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jesie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jess·Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jessel·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jessie♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Jessu·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jessy♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Jenie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jensen·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Jesse?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Jesse
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Allen Jesse·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jesse Arnel·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jesse James·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Jesse further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2227398 — Jesse (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jesse Robredo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2227398 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jesse Shugg (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2227398 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jesse (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.