Meaning and background
The story behind Jesse
Jesse comes through Greek Iessai from Hebrew Yishai. Behind the Name leaves its deeper derivation open between proposed gift and existence elements. It identifies the biblical Jesse as King David’s father and records English given-name adoption after the Protestant Reformation. The historical association is therefore clear while the literal meaning remains uncertain. A confident gift-only definition would select one proposal and hide the alternative in the checked source.
- Origin
- Jesse comes through Greek Iessai from Hebrew Yishai. Source
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About Jesse
Recorded as a dog’s name
Jesse appears in 33 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʒɛsi/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dʒɛsi/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH EH1 S IY0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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