Jessica

A female given name, form of Jesse.

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Jessica (originally Iessica, also Jesica, Jessicah or Jessika) is a female given name.
The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica, from the play The Merchant of Venice. The name may have been an Anglicisation of the biblical Iscah (from the Hebrew: יִסְכָּה : yisekāh), the name of a daughter of Haran briefly mentioned in the Book of Genesis 11:29. Iscah was rendered "Iesca" (Jeska) in the Matthew Bible version available in Shakespeare's day.
The original Hebrew name Yiskāh, means "foresight", or being able to see the potential in the future. The Hebrew root sakhah (ס.כ.ה) means "to see", so the name Yiskah, with the added future-tense yod, implies foresight. Iscah is the niece of Abraham.
"Jessica" was the first or second most popular female baby name in the United States from 1981-1997 before falling out of the Top 20 in 2004. It also rose to #1 in England and Wales in 2005, dropping to #3 in 2006. Common nicknames of the name Jessica include "Jess," "Gigi" and "Jessie".

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Fem. proper name, from Late Latin Jesca, from Greek Ieskha, from Hebrew Yiskah, name of a daughter of Haran (Genesis xi.29). Among the top 5 popular names for girls born in the U.S. every year between 1977 and 1997. The familiar form Jessie was one of many fem. names used 20c. for "cowardly or effeminate male" (1923).

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Jessica first appears in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, where it is the name of the daughter of Shylock. From Yiscah, means: anointed one, royalty.

Yiskah, Jessyca, Jesica

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Jessica Jones		Marvel Comics superhero
2	Jessica Alba	1981	American model and businesswoman; television and film actress
3	Jessica Chastain	1977	American actress
4	Jessica Biel	1982	American actress
5	Jessica Simpson	1980	American singer-songwriter and actress
6	Jessica Brown Findlay	1989	English actress
7	Jessica Henwick	1992	British actress
8	Jessica Capshaw	1976	American actress
9	Jessica Jung	1989	South Korean singer, actress
10	Jessica Szohr	1985	American actress/model
11	Jessica Drake	1974	American pornographic actress
12	Jessica Caban	1982	Model, dancer and actress
13	Jessica Stroup	1986	American actress
14	Jessica Lucas	1985	Actress and singer from Canada
15	Jessica Walter	1941	American actress
16	Jessica Origliasso	1984	Australian singer-songwriter and actress
17	Jessica Tandy	1909	British-American actress
18	Jessica Ennis-Hill	1986	British heptathlete
19	Jessica Raine	1982	English actress
20	Jessica Lowndes	1988	Canadian actress and singer-songwriter
21	Jessica Seinfeld	1971	American writer
22	Jessica Sula	1994	British actress
23	Jessica Nigri	1940	Cosplayer
24	Jessica Parker Kennedy	1984	Canadian actress
25	Jessica Jaymes	1981	American pornographic actress
26	Jessica McClure	1986	American accident victim
27	Jessica Paré	1982	Canadian television and film actress
28	Jessica Ginkel	1980	German actress
29	Jessica Barth	1978	American actress
30	Jessica Hynes	1972	English actress and writer
31	Jessica Mendoza	1980	Softball player
32	Jessica Lynch	1983	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
33	Jessica Mauboy	1989	Australian singer-songwriter, actress
34	Jessica Paszka	1990
35	Jessica Sanchez	1995	Singer
36	Jessica Hahn	1959	American model and actor
37	Jessica Savitch	1947	American TV news reporter
38	Jessica Eye	1986	American martial artist
39	Jessica Chobot	1977	American model
40	Jessica Williams	1989	American actress and comedienne
41	Jessica De Gouw	1988	Australian actress
42	Jessica Hecht	1965	American actress and singer
43	Jessica Steen	1965	Canadian actress
44	Jessica Oyelowo	1978	British actress
45	Jessica Sutta	1982	Female dancer and pop singer-songwriter
46	Jessica Barden	1992	British actress
47	Jessica White	1984	American actor-model
48	Jessica Marais	1985	South African actress
49	Jessica St. Clair	1977	American actress and comedian
50	Jessica Gomes	1985	Australian model
51	Jessica McNamee	1986	Australian actress
52	Jessica Springsteen	1991	American show jumping rider
53	Jessica Lee Rose	1987	New Zealand-American actress
54	Jessica Michibata	1984	Argentine-Japanese fashion model
55	Jessica Jackley	1977	American entrepreneur; co-founder of Kiva
56	Jessica Tovey	1987	Australian actress
57	Jessica Stam	1986	Canadian model
58	Jessica Chaffin		American actress
59	Jessica Mitford	1917	British writer and activist
60	Jessica DiCicco	1980	American actress
61	Jessica Penne	1983	American martial artist
62	Jessica Collins	1971	1971 American actress
63	Jessica Cauffiel	1976	American actress
64	Jessica Fletcher
65	Jessica Harmon	1985	Canadian actress
66	Jessica Clark	1985	British actress
67	Jessica Harper	1949	American actress
68	Jessica Schwarz	1977	German actress
69	Jessica Dubroff	1988	American child pilot trainee
70	Jessica Anastasya	1996	Indonesian actress
71	Jessica Boehrs	1980	German actor and singer
72	Jessica Aguilar	1982	Mixed martial artist
73	Jessica Taylor	1980	English singer
74	Jessica Ransom	1981	British actress
75	Jessica Canseco		American model
76	Jessica Watson	1993	Sailor
77	Jessica Cunningham
78	Jessica Knappett		British actor and writer
79	Jessica Lu	1985	Actor and model
80	Jessica Amlee	1994	Canadian actress
81	Jessica Bowman	1980	American actress
82	Jessica Camacho	1982
83	Jessica Cox	1983	Armless aviator
84	Jessica Stockmann	1967	German actress
85	Jessica Tuck	1963	American actress
86	Jessica Hsuan	1970	Hong Kong actor
87	Jessica Cruz
88	Jessica Adams
89	Jessica Pegula	1994	American tennis player
90	Jessica Valenti	1978	US feminist author and blogger
91	Jessica Goldberg	1975	American screenwriter
92	Jessica Lundy	1966	American actress
93	Jessica Andrews	1983	American country music singer
94	Jessica Lindsey	1978	American actress
95	Jessica Gunning		British actress
96	Jessica Ashley	1992	Singer
97	Jessica Kastrop	1974	German presenter
98	Jessica Polsky	1978	American actor
99	Jessica Cambensy	1988	American actor-model
100	Jessica Rowe	1970	Australian television presenter
101	Jessica Livingston	1971	American businesswoman and writer
102	Jessica Korda	1993	Professional golfer
103	Jessica Day
104	Jessica Wesson	1982	American actress
105	Jessica Long	1992	American paralympic swimmer
106	Jessica Feshbach	1976	American scientologist
107	Jessica Mulroney	1980
108	Jessica Bird	1969	U.S. novelist
109	Jessica Kiper	1979	American actress and singer
110	Jessica Amornkuldilok	1985	Thai model
111	Jessica Soho	1964	Filipino journalist
112	Jessica Rakoczy	1977	Canadian boxer
113	Jéssica Mas Negrón	1976	Actress
114	Jessica Yellin	1971	American television anchor
115	Jessica Sierra	1985	American musician
116	Jessica Monceau	1988	French actress
117	Jessica Walsh	1986	American graphic designer
118	Jessica Campbell	1982	American actress
119	Jessica Barton	1983	American racing driver
120	Jessica Hardy	1987	American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
121	Jessica Varnish	1990	English racing cyclist
122	Jessica Villerius	1981	Dutch film director
123	Jessica Kizaki	1989	Japanese AV idol, actress, singer and gravure model
124	Jessica Hall	1983	American actress and model
125	Jessica Cleaves	1948	American singer and songwriter
126	Jessica Yu	1966	American film director
127	Jessica Harp	1982	American musician
128	Jessica Wild	1980	American drag queen
129	Jessica Fox	1994	Australian canoeist
130	Jessica Jacobs	1990	Australian actress and singer
131	Jessica Faust	1992	German actress
132	Jessica Buchanan
133	Jessica Rey	1982	American actress and designer
134	Jessica Ainscough	1985	Journalist, cancer patient and alternative medicine blogger
135	Jessica Napier	1979	Australian actress
136	Jessica Dobson	1984	American musician
137	Jessica Michalik	1985	Polish Australian
138	Jessica Linley	1989	British beauty pageant contestant
139	Jessica Coch	1980	Actress
140	Jessica Rizzo	1964	Italian pornographic actress
141	Jessica Iskandar	1988	Actress
142	Jessica Meir	1977	American marine biologist and astronaut candidate
143	Jessica Morris	1979	American actress
144	Jessica Robertson	1980	American actress
145	Jessica Kahawaty	1988	A Lebanese Australian beauty pageant contestant
146	Jessica Forde	1966	French actress
147	Jessica Lea Mayfield	1989	American musician
148	Jessica Calvello	1973	American actress
149	Jessica Morlacchi	1987	Italian singer and bassist
150	Jessica Fridrich	1964	American speedcuber
151	Jessica Wakefield
152	Jessica Boone	1984	Actress, voice actress
153	Jessica Brooks	1981	English actress
154	Jessica Priest
155	Jessica Pratt	1987	American folk musician
156	Jessica Lee Morgan	1976	British singer
157	Jessica Cutler	1978	American writer
158	Jessica Harrington	1947	Irish horse trainer
159	Jessica Lange	1988	German radio and television presenter
160	Jessica Makinson	1978	American actress and comedian
161	Jessica Dunphy	1984	Hottie
162	Jessica McClintock	1930	American fashion designer
163	Jessica Dubé	1987	Figure skater
164	Jessica Xue	1994
165	Jessica Garlick	1981	Welsh singer
166	Jessica Decote	1988
167	Jessica Hagedorn	1949	Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, multimedia performance artist
168	Jessica Reedy	1988	American singer
169	Jessica Carlson	1993	Actress
170	Jessica Folcker	1975	Swedish singer
171	Jessica Straus	1962	American actress
172	Jessica Keen	1975	American murder victim
173	Jessica Sharzer	1972	Film director, screenwriter
174	Jessica Benton	1942	British actress
175	Jessica Parratto	1994
176	Jessica Boyington	1985	American beauty pageant contestant
177	Jessica Leccia	1976	American actress
178	Jessica Mila	1992	Indonesian actress
179	Jessica Delfino	1976	American musician
180	Jessica Plummer	1992
181	Jessica Holmes	1973	Canadian comedian
182	Jessica Ehrlich		American politician
183	Jessica Márquez	1978
184	Jessica Baglow	1989	British actress
185	Jessica Rosenworcel	1971	Member of the Federal Communications Commission
186	Jessica Martin	1962	English entertainer
187	Jessica Newton	1965	Peruvian businessperson
188	Jessica McDonald	1988	Australian football player
189	Jessica Hart	2000	British writer
190	Sharon Jessica	1993	Indonesian actress
191	Jessica Bangkok	1980	American pornographic actress
192	Sisca Jessica	1988	Indonesian actress
193	Jessica Pimentel		American actress and musician
194	Jessica Meuse	1990	Singer
195	Jessica Gavora	1963	Conservative author, speechwriter
196	Jessica Ahlquist	1995	American atheist activist and public speaker
197	Jessica López	1986	Venezuelan artistic gymnast
198	Jessica Torsten
199	Jessica Heap	1983	American actress
200	Jessica Houara	1987	Association footballer