# 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.

## People

* Jessi (musician) (born 1988), also known as Jessica H.O., South Korean–American singer and rapper
* Jessie Armstead (born 1970), American football player
* Jessie Bates (born 1997), American football player
* Jessie Britt (born 1963), American football player
* Jessie Brown Pounds (1861–1921), American writer of gospel songs
* Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer
* Jessie Buckley, Irish entertainer and I'd Do Anything finalist
* Jessie Camacho, American Survivor contestant
* Jessie Cooper (1914–1993), Australian politician
* Jessie Daniel Ames (1883–1972), American civil rights activist
* Jessie Bartlett Davis (1860–1905), American singer
* Jessie Evans (basketball), American basketball coach
* Jessie Earl (died 1980), English female murder victim
* Jessie Foster (born 1985), Canadian sex worker
* Jessie Franklin Turner (1881–1956), American fashion designer
* Jessie Godderz (born 1986), American actor and professional wrestler
* Jessie Greengrass (born 1982), British poet and author
* Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923–2006), American musician
* Jessie Hester (born 1963), American football player
* Jessie Hollins (1970–2009), American baseball player
* Jessie Inchauspé (born 1992), French biochemist
* Jessie Irvine (disambiguation)
   * Jessie Irvine (born 1989), American professional pickleball player
   * Jessie Seymour Irvine (1836–1887), Scottish musical arranger
* Jessie J (born 1988), British singer
* Jessie Kampman (born 2000), French formula kite surfer
* Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), Greenlandic artist and writer
* Jessie Lemonier (born 1997), American football player
* Jessie Loutit (born 1988), Canadian rower
* Jessie MacWilliams (1917–1990), English mathematician
* Jessie Mackaye, American actress
* Jessie Matthews (1907–1981), British actress and singer
* Jessie McGruder, American politician
* Jessie McKay (born 1989), Australian professional wrestler, ring name Billie Kay
* Jessie Misskelley (born 1975), one of the West Memphis 3
* Jessie Murph (born 2004), American singer
* Jessye Norman (1945–2019), American opera singer
* Jessie Fremont O'Donnell (1860–1897), American writer
* Jessie Oonark (1906–1985), Canadian Inuk artist
* Jessie Pharr Slaton (1908–1983), African-American lawyer.
* Jessie Pope (1868–1941), English World War I poet
* Jessie Preston (1872 - 1962), American metalsmith
* Jessie M. Rattley (1929–2001), American mayor
* Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), American writer
* Jessie Rogers (born 1993), Brazilian-American pornographic actress
* Jessie Rooke (1845–1906), Australian suffragette and temperance reformer
* Jessie Royce Landis (1896–1972), American actress
* Jessie L. Simpson (1882–1974), staff member in the United States Senate
* Jessie Tuggle (born 1965), American football player
* Jessie Usher (born 1992), American actor
* Jessie Wallace (born 1971), British actress
* Jessie Ward (born 1979), American professional wrestler
* Jessie Ward (born 1982), American actress
* Jessie Ware (born 1984), British singer-songwriter
* Jessie Weston (1850–1928), British scholar and folklorist
* Jessie Weston (1867–1939), New Zealand novelist and journalist
* Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), American pilot

## Fictional characters

* Jessie (Pokémon)
* Jessie (Toy Story), in the Toy Story franchise
* Jessie Prescott, main title character of the TV show Jessie
* Jessie Jackson (Coronation Street), in the soap opera Coronation Street
* Jessie (Clay Kids), in the Spanish animated TV series Clay Kids
* Jessie Spano, in the TV series Saved by the Bell
* 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
* Jessie Maye, a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame Huniepop
* Jessie, boyfriend of titular love interest in 1981 song Jessie's Girl
* Jessie, unlockable character in the mobile video game Brawl Stars