Jesse was a Bethlehemite, the father of King David and the ancestor from whom the Messiah would come — Isaiah foretold a rod out of the stem of Jesse. From this ordinary family God raised up a king and, in time, the King of kings.
Warm and enduring, Jesse is a name rooted in the family tree of Christ himself.
Variants & nicknames
Jessie
Jesse in the Bible
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: