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Jesse

masculine

91First-name usabilityHighly workable

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Jesse feels easygoing and timeless — a biblical name (father of King David) that has quietly stayed in continuous English-language use since the 1880s without ever feeling dated to one era.

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Familiar — #184 in the latest U.S. ranking.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishJESS-eeresearched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; Turkish is pronounced letter-by-letter, so Turkish speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish reading conventions often soften or drop a trailing "-e"; German is pronounced letter-by-letter, so German speakers are likely to voice that final syllable clearly where English speakers may not.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

English (US/UK): JESS-ee

Dutch: YESS-uh

Popularity without panic

Familiar — #184 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Familiar enough to feel established, distinctive enough to stand out.

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Real-world considerations

  • Familiar — #184 in the latest U.S. ranking.
  • Spelling note: Jessie.
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