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Help[Opinions] Jessie
What do you think of Jessie for a girl? Just Jessie, not as a nickname for something. Would it work? Sometimes I think it's too cutesy but then again Jesse is used as a full name for boys and sounds the same and I never thought that was cutesy.
I don't really like Jessica. I like Jessamine and Jessamy but not enough to put them on a birth certificate. So what do you think? Do you know anyone named just Jessie? I only know who is in her early 30s.
Oh and do you think many Jessicas go by Jessie? Most I know go by their full name or by Jess. Just wondering because if many Jessicas went by Jessie it would be a common name.
I don't really like Jessica. I like Jessamine and Jessamy but not enough to put them on a birth certificate. So what do you think? Do you know anyone named just Jessie? I only know who is in her early 30s.
Oh and do you think many Jessicas go by Jessie? Most I know go by their full name or by Jess. Just wondering because if many Jessicas went by Jessie it would be a common name.
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I do know a Jessie. She's 96 years old. Originally from Scotland, she married a Canadian and emigrated shortly after WW2.
Very nice woman. Physically frail, but mentally at full capacity.
Very nice woman. Physically frail, but mentally at full capacity.
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Heh. My son, who will be 6 in a couple weeks, told me the other night that he intends to marry Disney actress Debby Ryan and have a daughter named Jessie Odyssey.
I think Jessie is a great nickname, but I wouldn't use it on its own.
I don't know anyone named just Jessie or any adult Jessicas who use it as a nickname.
I think Jessie is a great nickname, but I wouldn't use it on its own.
I don't know anyone named just Jessie or any adult Jessicas who use it as a nickname.
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I love Jessie as a full girls names much more then on a boy so yeah it would be fine.
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I think it could work on it's own and maybe even be nicknamed to Jess at times.
I prefer Jesse on a boy though to be honest.
I don't know any girls who go by the full name Jessie (or boys for that matter). I know a girl who is Laura Jessie May as her first and middle names
I only know 2 Jessica's, one goes by Jessica and one by Jess
I prefer Jesse on a boy though to be honest.
I don't know any girls who go by the full name Jessie (or boys for that matter). I know a girl who is Laura Jessie May as her first and middle names
I only know 2 Jessica's, one goes by Jessica and one by Jess
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I think it fits in with naming trends today, just as Maisie and Milly do.
If I was going to use it, I'd decide definitely which meaning I was going with - Jessie as a form of Janet or Jean (as traditionally in Scotland) or as a feminisation of Jesse. In my case, a version of Janet/Jean wins hands down. I like the historical legacy, and the other option seems forced to me.
If I was going to use it, I'd decide definitely which meaning I was going with - Jessie as a form of Janet or Jean (as traditionally in Scotland) or as a feminisation of Jesse. In my case, a version of Janet/Jean wins hands down. I like the historical legacy, and the other option seems forced to me.
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With just Jessie you can't decide on a meaning. It just has two meanings.
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I've always liked it, in a GP way*. There are a few Victorian Jessies in my extended family tree, and they're all just Jessie - not Jessica, which wasn't really used then. I don't like Jessica much either. I've never met a Jessie, but given the popularity of -ie names atm, it wouldn't be out of place.
*It is sort of a slang term for a wuss in parts of the UK ("ooh, you big jessie"). Not a problem for you though!
*It is sort of a slang term for a wuss in parts of the UK ("ooh, you big jessie"). Not a problem for you though!
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