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Jessy - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jessy

[ 2 syll. jes-sy, je-ssy ] The girl name Jessy is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced JHEHSiy KEY. Jessy is of Hebrew and Old Persian origin. It is used mainly in English and German.

Jessy is a form of the English and French Jasmine in the English language.

Jessy is also a form of the English Jane.

Jessy is also a form of the English and German Jessica.

Jessy is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Jessy, the English and French Jasmine was the most frequently used in 2008. Jessy has in the last century been primarily given to boys.

Baby names that sound like Jessy include the English Jesse, the English, Scottish, and German Jessie, the English Jacci, the English Jacey, the English Jacki, the English Jackie, the English Jacky, the French Jacqui, the French Jacquie, the Polish Jaga, the Polish Jasia, the Indian Jaya, the English Jaycee, the English Jecca, the German Jella, the Frisian Jesca, the English Jessa, the English Jessah, the English Jessca, and the English Jesscia.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jessy: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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