Male first name (English): Jessie, gift, English) (?), Hebrew (Old Testament), in the Bible was the father of Jesse, and Jesse Davis, and thus one of the ancestors of Jesus Female first name (German: Jessie, He (God ) looks, Hebrew (Old Testament) by Shakespeare for his play 'The Merchant of Venice' marked ') name., probably with reference / modification of the biblical' Jiska 'Female first name (Scottish): Jessie, the Lord is merciful is the Lord kind; Hebrew (New Testament): Yahweh = (Name of God); Chanan favor =, be gracious; information to the male form of John:: name of the apostle and evangelist John, also known by John the Baptist, at the end of the Middle Ages, the most common Christian name in Germany, so far contributed 23 popes named John