Jessye

Where Jessye comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jessye.

  • Vowel-ended
Jessye through the years
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1890
    Peak, #940
    9 babies named Jessye, its best rank.
  3. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1945
    Jessye Norman born
    American opera singer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Jessye Norman · American opera singer, 1945–2019

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