Dessie (given name)

Dessie is a masculine given name, often a short form of Desmond. Notable people with the name include:

Men

• Desmond Dessie Baker (born 1977), Irish footballer
• Desmond Dessie Cullinane (1919–1990), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Dessie Dolan (born 1979), Irish former Gaelic footballer
• Dessie Donnelly (born 1959), Irish former hurler
• Desmond Dessie Ellis (born 1953), Irish politician
• Dessie Farrell (fl. 1990–present), Irish Gaelic football coach and former player
• Dessie Finnegan, 21st century Gaelic footballer
• Desmond Dessie Glynn (1928–2017), Irish footballer
• Desmond Dessie Gorman (born 1964), Irish former footballer
• Desmond Dessie Grew (1953–1990), member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Dessie Hughes (c. 1943–2014), Irish racehorse trainer and jockey
• Dessie Hutchinson (born 1996), Irish hurler and former professional association footballer
• Dessie O'Hare (born 1956), Irish republican paramilitary
• Desmond O'Malley (1939–2021), Irish politician and cabinet minister
• Dessie Larkin (c. 1970–2019), Irish politician
• Dessie Sheehan (born 1949), Irish former snooker player
• Desmond Dessie Sloyan (born 1976), Irish former Gaelic footballer

Women

• Dessie Smith Prescott (1906–2002), Florida’s first professional woman guide and first female licensed pilot