Jesse - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Jesse \j(es)-se\, also used as boy's name Jesse, is a variant of Jessica (Hebrew) and Jessie, and the meaning of Jesse is "He sees".

The baby name Jesse sounds like Jess, Jessy, Jessey, Jessa, Jessye and Jessi. Other similar baby names are Nessy, Nessie, Nessa, Leese, Bess, Bessy, Bessie, Kasse, Sessy, Deyse, Dessa, Jemsa, Jere, Jenee, Jenae, Jenie, Janesse, Jenise, Jeree, Jerae, Jeane, Jesseca, Jesusa, Jette, Josie, Josee, Joyse, Kessy, Kessie, Reese, Rosse, Tessy, Tessie, Tessa, Tess, Tessi and Tessey.

Jesse is a very common first name for women (#1044 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#7272 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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