Jessie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Jessica. From Jess + -ie.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jessie (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jessie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 174 | 18 |
| 2000 | 188 | 19 |
| 2001 | 199 | 18 |
| 2002 | 207 | 18 |
| 2003 | 215 | 21 |
| 2004 | 227 | 21 |
| 2005 | 239 | 22 |
| 2006 | 245 | 21 |
| 2007 | 255 | 22 |
| 2008 | 270 | 23 |
| 2009 | 273 | 23 |
| 2010 | 287 | 25 |
| 2011 | 293 | 26 |
| 2012 | 308 | 27 |
| 2013 | 316 | 28 |
| 2014 | 320 | 30 |
| 2015 | 337 | 31 |
| 2016 | 348 | 34 |
| 2017 | 359 | 35 |
| 2018 | 366 | 34 |
| 2019 | 379 | 39 |
| 2020 | 396 | 42 |
Jessie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jessie.Hi! My name is Jessie.
- Jessie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jessie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jessies mamma är lärare.Jessie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jessies mamma is Jessie's mum.
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Questions about Jessie
How do you pronounce Jessie in Swedish?
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What does the name Jessie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Jessica. From Jess + -ie.
How popular is Jessie in Sweden?
2 babies were named Jessie in 2022. In 2020, 438 people in Sweden had Jessie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.