Jasmine flower
Jessamy is a rare English floral name that emerged as a variant of Jessamine, which itself is derived from the Old French and Persian word for the jasmine flower. It gained some literary use in the 18th and 19th centuries but has remained an uncommon, distinctive alternative to more popular botanical names.
Less common today
Jessamy isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,168 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
The protagonist of the novel 'The Icarus Girl' Β· The Icarus Girl
The titular character in the 1967 children's time-travel novel Β· Jessamy