Given name · also Ancient Greek
Jessé
Jessé is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Jessé comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί, from Hebrew יִשַׁי.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jessé’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Jessé has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jesse. In Portuguese usage, Jessé was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Ἰεσσαί.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jessé
- Zeca PagodinhoBrazilian singer (born 1959)
- Jessé de LimaBrazilian athletics competitor (born 1981)
- Jessé SouzaBrazilian sociologist and university teacherborn 1960
- Jessé de ForestAmerican colonist1576–1624
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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