MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jessie mean?
Jessie has more than one established personal-name history. A Scottish feminine tradition treats it as a familiar form of Jean; modern usage also shortens Jessica.
As a masculine name, Jessie can be a spelling form of the biblical Jesse, which is a different name family. These routes explain why one word meaning should not be assigned to every Jessie. The -ie ending marks a familiar form in several of the accounts, but the longer name or family tradition is needed to choose a deeper etymology.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Jess + -ie.
A diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
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EnglishEtymology & source
A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
A female given name.
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Jess or Jesse + -ie, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jesse.
Wiktionary: Jessie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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 Jessie
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
Jessie Dellosa
Filipino general (born 1957)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jessie Lacuna
Filipino swimmer
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
18
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
4
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jessie Dellosa, Jessie Lacuna
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jessie in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jessie
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
- Bessie♀My God is an oath; familiar form of Elizabeth
- Jesse♂♀Hebrew Yishai; possibly gift or existence
- Tessie·Familiar form of Teresa or Teresita
- Elsie♀Scottish familiar form of Elspeth or Elizabeth
- Jeanie·Affectionate form of Jean
- Jennie·Variant of Jenny; Jane or Jennifer tradition
- Jess·Short form of Jesse, Jessica or Jessamy
- Jessica♀Shakespeare’s form, probably based on biblical Iscah
What rhymes with Jessie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Recorded combinations with Jessie
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Jessie 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 Q16277375 — Jessie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jessie Dellosa (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16277375 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jessie Lacuna (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16277375 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jessie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Jessie, Scottish/English feminine tradition (opens in a new tab)
Jean and Jessica familiar-name routes.
- Behind the Name — Jessie, masculine tradition (opens in a new tab)
Variant of Jesse, a separate family.