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Jessie

Jessie ranks #160 out of 693 girl cat names in our data (the #1 girl cat name is Luna). Across all 2 places, 14 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #73 among girl dog names.
Jessie's popularity trend

Jessie's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2012.

0.025%0.05%0.075%0.1%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
14
across 2 places
Popularity rank
#160
of 693 girl cat names
5-year rank move
+84
2014 → 2019
Gender split
80% female
80% female20% male

Gender split comes from 30 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Jessie mean?
2 syllablesOrigin: Hebrew

Jessie has two well-established roots: it began in Scotland as a diminutive of Jean and Janet, forms of Jane, which trace back to the Hebrew Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious." It's also widely used today as a short form of Jessica.

Warm and unpretentious, Jessie has a friendly, down-to-earth sound that suits a companion with an easygoing, affectionate nature. It works equally well as a name for a scrappy little dog or a laid-back lap cat.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Jessie shows up

Cats named Jessie per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.06%
SeattleWA, US0.02%

Cat names like Jessie

JessicaRosieJosieMaisieCassieSusieBootsieTootsieJesseJesterPosieTessie

Jessie means, by theme

GodGrace