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Ἰεσσαί
Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí) is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and grWritten in Greek script. In English: Iessaí.
Meaning & origin
Ἰεσσαί’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰεσσαί has a later derivative in Jessie. Ἰεσσαί has a transliteration in IESSAI. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἰεσσαί can be written in the Roman alphabet as Iessaí.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ἰεσσαί has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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“child of my right hand” · “son of the right hand”
95% boys · 5% girls
Jorkeam
“green people” · “grasslike folks”
>99% boys
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“the people are enlarged” · “people of width”
>99% boys
Shelesh
“triad” · “third”
>99% boys