Jesse

or, Jess, if you prefer

jessant -sprouting, issuing forth (like a plant)
jess- a tether for a hawk, used in falconry (a short strap, around the leg)
jester- court jester
jessemiah -I made this up, as if my name is short for it

biblical
father of King David, ancestor of Jesus
source of phrase "Jesse tree"

in spanish
Jesus (hey zeus), Chuy (chewy),
Isai (eesah-e), Jese (hess-a, accent on second e)
   alternative take on the commandment:
"don't take the lord's name in vane" (vanity?)
    (or vein, for that matter) (oops, I meant vain)

in hebrew
Isai, Yishai

Yassa, in arabic
   evokes a slave's deferential "yes sir"
   was Yasser Arafat a Jesse??
   fat: fear, anxiety, terror (phobophobia!)

meaning
King, God Exists, God's Gift (wikipedia)
"the whole office of the eucharist" (forgot the source)
which reminds me, it also means "god makes forget"
   eucharist could be code for 'eu a christ'
ingest, in jest, in Jess T
laughter, ugh later

there's a weird connection to AI and algorithms:
gift in spanish is regalo, rearraged to al gore, then algorithm
Isai can be made 'Is A.I.'

Me
I like to think of myself as a
  blogger/writer/author
  philosopher/theologian
  deity/comedian

famous Jesse s
Jesse Jackson, James, Owens, Helms, "the body" Ventura
Ventura's real name is James Janos
Jesse was a tv show, starring Christina Applegate as Jesse
   and a host of other fictional Jesses (e.g. J Custer, J Chambers)
There's a Jesse Applegate (American pioneer)
Jesse's girl was a Rick Springfield song
Uncle Jesse (Jesse Duke, in dukes of hazard, played by Denver Pyle)
    (Jesse Katsopolis, in Full House, played by John Stamos)

anagrams
see sj (society of Jesus, jesuits)
sees J (as in wwjd?) (almost JC)
j esse (being, essence in latin) (je suis, 'I am' in French)
   J is the tenth letter (I think of tennis, satan, and perfect 10)

a Jessie is an effeminate or namely-pamby man or boy
a Jesus is size of paper in France (approx "super-royal")
jessamine is jasmine
jessamy is jasmine or a dandy
jesserant is split armor (also jazerant)
jealousy is close (my middle initial is L)

music
JZ, jazzy

and, of course, the son of god and savior of mankind (lol)
Jesse Custer is The Preacher character, in the comic book
There's also an Anne Rice vampire named Jesse