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. It, or Jesse, may be used in Spanish as a nickname for the male name Jesus.
Jessie Buckley, Irish entertainer and I'd Do Anything finalist
Jessie Camacho, American Survivor contestant
Jessie Flower (born 1994), American actress
Jessie Godderz, American Big Brother contestant
Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006), American musician
Jessie J (born 1988), British singer
Jessie Rogers (born 1993), Brazilian-American pornographic actress
Jessie Royce Landis (1896–1972), American actress
Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), British actress and singer
Jessie Wallace (born 1971), British actress
Jessie Ward (born 1982), American actress
Jessie Ware (born 1984), British singer-songwriter
Jessi (musician) (born 1988), also known as Jessica H.O., South Korean–American singer and rapper
Jessie Daniel Ames (1883–1972), American civil rights activist
Jessie Cooper (1914–1993), Australian politician
Jessie M. Rattley (1929–2001), American mayor
Jessie Rooke (1845–1906), Australian suffragette and temperance reformer
Writers and artists
Jessie Brown Pounds (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs
Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer
Jessie Oonark (1906–1985), Canadian Inuit artist
Jessie Pope (1868–1941), English World War I poet
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American writer
Jessie Britt (born 1963), American football player
Jessie Evans (basketball), American basketball coach
Jessie Hollins (1970–2009), American baseball player
Jessie Tuggle (born 1965), American football player
Jessie Ward (born 1979), American professional wrestler
Jessie Foster (born 1985), Canadian prostitute
Jessie MacWilliams (1917–1990), English mathematician
Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3
Jessie Weston (1850–1928), British scholar and folklorist
Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), American pilot
Jessie (Pokémon)
Jessie (Toy Story), in the film Toy Story
Jessie Prescott, main character of the TV series Jessie
Jessie Jackson (Coronation Street), in the soap opera Coronation Street
Jessie (Clay Kids), in the Spanish animated TV series Clay Kids
Jessie Burlingame, in the Stephen King novel Gerald's Game
Jessie Burlingame, in the 2003 horror film Wrong Turn
Jessie Cates, in the 1983 play 'night, Mother
Jessie McCarney, in the 2006 video game Dead Rising
Usage in Ireland and Scotland
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 (Sheena). 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").
