Where is Jesse from?

My guess is...

Finland

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28%

United States

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17%

Canada

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15%

I'm 91% certain Jesse is Male.

According to a dataset of 9573, the average Jesse is around 34 years old.


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Learn about the name Jesse

Meaning of the name Jesse

From the Hebrew name יִשַׁי (Yishai), which possibly means "gift". In the Old Testament Jesse is the father of King David. It began to be used as an English given name after the Protestant Reformation. A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.

Characteristics of the name Jesse

OriginsEnglish, Biblical, Dutch, Finnish
PronouncedJEHS-ee(English)
GenderMasculine
Traitsyouthful, strong, common, simple, strange, wholesome, informal

How do we know this about Jesse

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.