Jessie is the English diminutive of Jessica — from the Hebrew Yiskah ("to see, to behold") — the niece of Abraham in Genesis 11. A top-50 US baby name from 1880 to 1899, peaking at #19 in 1882. Jessie Diggins (born 1991) — American cross-country skier; at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics with teammate Kikkan Randall, won gold in the team sprint freestyle — the first US Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing in any event, ever; in 2024-25 won the overall FIS Cross-Country World Cup title — the second American (after Diggins herself in 2020-21) to do so. One of three women to win the World Cup overall in cross-country skiing in the 21st century. Open advocate about her recovery from bulimia (diagnosed 2010), now serving on the Emily Program board. Jessie J (born Jessica Cornish, 1988) — English singer; "Price Tag" (2011) UK #1; coach on The Voice UK (2012). Jessie James Decker (born 1988) — American country singer; Grammy-nominated; Eric & Jessie reality TV. Jessie Mei Li — Shadow and Bone. Jessie Buckley — Irish actress; Tony nomination for Cabaret (2024); Academy Award nomination for The Lost Daughter (2021).
Featured throughout 19th-century American culture and Olympic skiing.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jessie reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.