Jesse Forename
2,322nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 440,082 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau
Jesse Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah exists’. The name of the father of David; used as a christian name after the Reformation.
Jesse Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 300,719 | 1:1,206 | 259 |
| Brazil | 100% | 27,597 | 1:7,763 | 939 |
| Canada | 100% | 13,364 | 1:2,479 | 484 |
| Philippines | 94% | 11,348 | 1:9,342 | 1,286 |
| Kenya | 100% | 9,895 | 1:4,680 | 744 |
| Ghana | 100% | 9,102 | 1:2,965 | 455 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 7,366 | 1:24,106 | 2,307 |
| Finland | 100% | 5,992 | 1:915 | 210 |
| Australia | - | 5,839 | 1:2,339 | 416 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,839 | 1:3,493 | 588 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,914 | 1:6,890 | 946 |
| Tanzania | 88% | 3,710 | 1:14,229 | 1,634 |
| England | 85% | 2,748 | 1:20,234 | 1,286 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,156 | 1:14,292 | 2,021 |
| Congo | 84% | 1,983 | 1:2,526 | 405 |
| Mexico | 91% | 1,342 | 1:92,507 | 2,471 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,267 | 1:3,580 | 584 |
| Lebanon | 99% | 1,219 | 1:4,617 | 687 |
| South Africa | 84% | 1,217 | 1:44,809 | 4,784 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,204 | 1:58,194 | 5,964 |
| Liberia | 95% | 1,189 | 1:3,711 | 486 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 1,034 | 1:71,400 | 4,158 |
| Egypt | 90% | 1,019 | 1:90,187 | 4,233 |
| Uganda | 98% | 994 | 1:41,204 | 2,608 |
| China | - | 962 | 1:1,420,016 | 38,332 |
| India | 77% | 712 | 1:1,706,289 | 93,939 |
| Malawi | 88% | 656 | 1:26,086 | 2,174 |
| Guam | - | 621 | 1:259 | 23 |
| Poland | 81% | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 557 | 1:2,444 | 470 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 471 | 1:45,882 | 3,084 |
| Belgium | 100% | 458 | 1:25,087 | 1,726 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 437 | 1:69,679 | 5,324 |
| Kuwait | - | 427 | 1:8,865 | 1,074 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 417 | 1:72,427 | 3,692 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 407 | 1:8,723 | 626 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 327 | 1:5,637 | 602 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 304 | 1:848,565 | 55,219 |
| Germany | 85% | 303 | 1:319,069 | 4,050 |
| Namibia | - | 291 | 1:8,262 | 1,047 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 290 | 1:35,970 | 2,725 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 290 | 1:189 | 19 |
| Papua New Guinea | 87% | 290 | 1:28,111 | 2,789 |
| Micronesia | - | 275 | 1:387 | 73 |
| Guatemala | 63% | 237 | 1:67,968 | 1,894 |
| Sweden | 97% | 217 | 1:45,428 | 2,456 |
| Peru | 78% | 211 | 1:150,670 | 4,497 |
| France | 99% | 209 | 1:318,040 | 4,247 |
| Zambia | - | 181 | 1:87,596 | 4,381 |
| Japan | - | 174 | 1:735,552 | 13,186 |
| Ecuador | - | 166 | 1:106,789 | 2,524 |
| Wales | 92% | 140 | 1:22,102 | 1,171 |
| Honduras | 100% | 132 | 1:66,799 | 2,634 |
| Hong Kong | - | 121 | 1:64,072 | 2,600 |
| Nicaragua | 57% | 119 | 1:50,574 | 2,454 |
| Singapore | 92% | 118 | 1:53,280 | 6,745 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 114 | 1:5,096 | 638 |
| Costa Rica | 84% | 108 | 1:44,148 | 2,074 |
| Spain | 100% | 107 | 1:434,859 | 5,926 |
| Ireland | 82% | 102 | 1:45,525 | 1,546 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 100 | 1:237,697 | 19,503 |
| Chile | 76% | 97 | 1:181,518 | 3,499 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Zimbabwe | 69% | 88 | 1:175,271 | 10,925 |
| Panama | 100% | 85 | 1:45,959 | 3,191 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Scotland | 64% | 74 | 1:72,302 | 1,943 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| South Korea | - | 67 | 1:82,753 | 4,538 |
| El Salvador | - | 63 | 1:100,663 | 2,101 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 62 | 1:132,476 | 3,695 |
| Nauru | 100% | 60 | 1:199 | 17 |
| Russia | 56% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| Haiti | 100% | 54 | 1:198,647 | 8,878 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Belize | 100% | 45 | 1:7,874 | 1,313 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 44 | 1:4,041 | 702 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Colombia | 87% | 42 | 1:1,137,593 | 12,275 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Jamaica | - | 40 | 1:72,081 | 3,530 |
| Benin | 100% | 39 | 1:271,175 | 11,439 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Italy | 67% | 35 | 1:1,744,631 | 12,743 |
| Norway | 100% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| Denmark | - | 30 | 1:188,317 | 4,268 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Guyana | 100% | 28 | 1:27,259 | 3,059 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 28 | 1:824,140 | 25,997 |
| Barbados | - | 27 | 1:10,733 | 1,111 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Czechia | 84% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 25 | 1:4,390 | 749 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Grenada | 67% | 19 | 1:5,691 | 906 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:2,846 | 424 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 93% | 18 | 1:6,199 | 1,022 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Hungary | 90% | 14 | 1:699,412 | 2,334 |
| Afghanistan | - | 13 | 1:2,509,501 | 20,196 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Jordan | 74% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 10 | 1:56,405 | 2,050 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Argentina | 100% | 6 | 1:7,128,874 | 15,663 |
| Israel | 50% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Albania | 67% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Jessé (2,124), Jésse (7) & Jessè (7) are calculated separately.
Jesse (20,838) may also be a surname.
Jesse Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah exists’. The name of the father of David; used as a christian name after the Reformation.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. Hebrew, ‘the Lord is.’ Perhaps the first Jesse was a staunch and impressive affirmer of the existence of ‘the true God’. The position to-day is rather that he who asserts a theological God is rash, and that he who denies a God is a cretin.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A male name. The Scripture name. Fuerstius renders יִשַׁי, Jisi, ‘Besitz Gottes, God’s possession.’ Jones writes the name in Hebrew Yisháy (Gr.’Ιεσσαι) which he derives from yesh, wealth. Others render the name ‘graft.’ If so it comes from yash, being, existence.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - Wealthy.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Jes'-se, to be, my present. The father of David. Ruth iv. 17, 22; 1 Chron. ii. 13.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: my men (1 Ch. 2:13): of him who is: my subsistences (?).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Wealthy.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jesse Forename Popularity
Jesse Demographics
Average Jesse Salary in
United States
$40,955 USD
Per year
Rank:
238,199 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0740164
Rank: 278 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
94.09%
Sample size: 148,984 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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