A slightly different 'Jesse' question?

I think you could name him Jesse, but shorten it to Jess. I think whatever parents name their kids they end up shortening it, or changing it a little anyway when they are saying the name. I personally prefer the Jesse pronunciation for a boy than Jess, which I think sounds more feminine. That could just be because I like watching Hollyoaks and the character Jessica is often called Jess, so to me it seems a girl's name! Lol. Whatever you decide to actually use as the name you say to him, I would always, always stick with the Jesse spelling with an e on the end. Seeing your boy's name on registers and stuff as he grows up people will presume 'Jess' is probably a girl, whereas most would know that with the spelling 'Jesse' he is a boy. I think Jesse, is a nice, solid, fairly old fashioned but not too antiquated, male name.