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Jessette?

by Guinevere (vomiting)

9/10/2009, 3:14 PM

I've seen this used today on a young woman, born in the mid-eighties. It looks like her parents thought to put together the popular Jessica of the time with the suffix -ette.

I haven't heard it before, have you? I don't care for it.

#Jessette

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- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

9/11/2009, 4:31 AM

Don't care for it either. It looks childish and made-up, ans sounds like "jet-set".

- Flute (meganmichele)

9/10/2009, 9:18 PM

I kinda like it. I like Jess- names, and I like -ette names, so.... *shrug* Probably wouldn't use it, but it appeals to me.

- Tassiegirl +1

9/10/2009, 6:39 PM

No,I hadn't heard of it. And like you, I don't like it.
Jessica is a good name, if unduly popular, and there are plenty of -ette names.

- Guinevere (vomiting)

9/11/2009, 3:49 PM

I grew up thinking Jessica was the worst name largely due to the popularity but I'm glad my parents picked it over Jessette. ;)

- Tawnee

9/10/2009, 4:41 PM

I've never heard of it before, and I don't like it either.

- bunnygirl

9/10/2009, 3:27 PM

Have to say, same as the others, I don't particularly like it. I really like Jessica, and to me it just sounds like Jessica combined with some -ette name. It doesn't really sound like its own name. Never seen it before, either.

- Pie

9/10/2009, 3:22 PM

Jesset(t) is a surname, so it could also be a feminisation of that. Can't say I like it either. :)

- Llewella (penguiny7)

9/10/2009, 3:20 PM

I'd imagine they were trying to feminize Jesse. I've never heard of it either, and I don't like the sound of it.

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