Jessie (given name)

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

In Celtic usage, Jessie is not related to Jessica. It is considered a pet form of the name Jane or Jean (feminisations of John). This is expressed in Gaelic variants as the names Seana/Seóna (Shawna) or Sìne (). Related feminine names taken from John are Jane/Joan (Sìne), Janie (Sìneag), and Janet/Janice (Seònaid); though spelling may change slightly dependent upon the form of Gaelic (Irish or Scottish).

An additional nickname for Jessie, heard in Scotland, is Jinty (or Jinny), a connection to Jean (female given name)/Jane/Jennie.

Jessie is as an Anglicisation of the Gaelic root-word of "seas", meaning "to stand". In Irish Gaelige this is Seasaidh/Seasaídh (pro. "Sheh-see", emphasis on first syllable), which uses the fut. aff. conjugation of "seas".

The Scots Gàidhlig variant is Seasaidh/Teasaidh/Teasag, (pronounced "Cheh-say").

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