Jessie (given name)


Jessie is a given name in its own right, but may also be a nickname for the given name Jessica. It's generally considered the feminine form of Jesse. The name Jess is even a given name. It, or Jesse, may be used in Spanish as a nickname for the masculine name Jesus.

People

In Celtic usage, Jessie is not related to Jessica. It is considered a pet form of the name Jane or Jean. This is expressed in variants as the names Seana/Seóna in the Irish language or Sìne in Scottish Gaelic. Related feminine names taken from John are Jane/Joan, Janie, and Janet/Janice ; though spelling may change slightly dependent upon the Goidelic language used.
An additional nickname for Jessie, heard in Scotland, is Jinty, a connection to Jean /Jane/Jennie.
Jessie is as an Anglicisation of the Goidelic root-word of "seas", meaning "to stand". In Irish this is Seasaidh/Seasaídh, which uses the fut. aff. conjugation of "seas".
The Scottish Gaelic variant is Seasaidh/Teasaidh/Teasag,.