Jessie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Pet form of pJessica, also recorded in Scotland from an early date as a pet form of Jean, although the derivation is not clear
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/dʒɛsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jessie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Philippines it is the 96th most common given name.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 679(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.5K
- CNChina≈1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #908 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 535 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 679 (inferred from the name graph)
≈940,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Pet form of pJessica, also recorded in Scotland from an early date as a pet form of Jean, although the derivation is not clear. The Gaelic form is Teasag. It is now quite often used in Scotland and elsewhere as a given name in its own right. Short form: Jess.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jessie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈940,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Jessie | 85 |
| PH Philippines | #96 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 679 | — | Jessie | 148 |
| US United States | #384 | 104,536 | 1 in 3.2K | 59K | Jessie | 535 |
| GB United Kingdom | #463 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 11 | Jessie | 223 |
| CA Canada | #402 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 11 | Jessie | 263 |
| AU Australia | #385 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 91 | Jessie | 222 |
| SG Singapore | #164 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Jessie | 103 |
| NZ New Zealand | #285 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 13 | Jessie | 124 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jessie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, presumably a variant spelling of Jessey, which, as Reaney suggests, may be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of jesses for hawks. Middle Englishjesse.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A diminutive of the female given name Jessica.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, Jessie är en smekform till → Jessica. Namnet hade en viss popularitet i Sverige under 1800-talets senare del. Det används även som mansnamn och kan då vara en smekform till → Jesse.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Forme américaine de Jessé; origine hébraïque, « Dieu existe ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Diminutif de Jean/Jeanne ou de Jessica; origine hébraïque via Jean ou littéraire.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jessie Willcox Smithb. 1863USAmerican illustrator (1863-1935)
- Jessie Ralphb. 1864USactress (1864-1944)
- Jessie Royce Landisb. 1896USAmerican actress (1896-1972)
- Jessie Nelsonb. 1953USAmerican filmmaker
- Jessie Caveb. 1987GBBritish actress
- Jessie Buckleyb. 1989IEIrish actress, singer and songwriter
- Jessie Voltb. 1990FRFrench pornographic actress
- Jessie Andrewsb. 1992USAmerican businesswoman, former porn actress
- Jessie T. Usherb. 1992USAmerican actor
- Jessie Flowerb. 1994USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 95 sources across 53 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 59K | #537 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46K | #537 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 330 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 126 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1996 | 91 | #88 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1998 | 45 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 39 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2021 | 13 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 11 | #388 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 11 | #315 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1998 | 10 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2022 | 5 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Jessie come from?
- Pet form of pJessica, also recorded in Scotland from an early date as a pet form of Jean, although the derivation is not clear. The Gaelic form is Teasag. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Jessie a male or female name?
- Jessie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Jessie?
- In the etymology graph, Jessica, Janet and Jesse are forms of the same name in other languages; Jess and Jessalyn are recorded short or pet forms.
- What does the name Jessie mean?
- Recorded meaning: Pet form of pJessica, also recorded in Scotland from an early date as a pet form of Jean, although the derivation is not clear.
- In which country does Jessie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 942 thousand people named Jessie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jessie.
- How common is the name Jessie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 104,536 people named Jessie in 2020, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Jessie compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Jessie is the 96th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Jessie?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɛsi/ (IPA) for English.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jessieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jessie” — the 96th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.