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Jessica
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Jéssica Jessicą
English
<dab!>
+ (given name)
Alternative forms
en Jessicah Jessika Jessikah Jessicka Jessickah Jessiqa Jessyca Jessyka Jesica Jesika Jesyca Jesyka Jezica Jezika Jezyca Jezyka
Etymology
First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from en he יִסְכָּה yiská Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version, a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms imperfect form of a verb ultimately ס כ ה s-k-h 1,445 itself an alternative form of the root he שׂ־כ־ה ś-k-h, both of which mean "to see, behold, look for".656
By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of en Jessie, from en Jane.
Pronunciation
jĕsʹĭkə, en /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jessica.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en female Hebrew.
V I Lorenzo: In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont. Jessica: In such a night / Did young Lorenzo swear he lov'd her well, / Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, / And ne'er a true one.Lorenzo: In such a night / Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, / Slander her love, and he forgave it her.
en 1996 w:Tad Williams The Writer's Child The Sandman Book of Dreams, HarperCollins 0002246325 154 She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica. Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.
en 2015 Sunjeev Sahota The Year of the Runaways Pan Macmillan 9781447241676 Jessica. It was, she later thought, a name well suited to whitehaired ladies with bright blue eyes.
en GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney Industrial Scripts https://industrialscripts.com/mark-watney-martian/ 2016-08-31 The first line of dialogue is from an off-screen Field Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), asking the team to stay in sight and “make NASA proud”. https://web.archive.org/web/20260209110801/https://industrialscripts.com/mark-watney-martian/
Usage notes
Formerly rare, but from the 1970s to the 2010s popular in all English-speaking countries.
Derived terms
en Jessica Fletcher
en Jennica Jes Jess Jessa Jesse Jessey Jessi Jessie Jessy Tessica diminutives
Translations
a female given name
Arabic: ar جِيسِيكَا f jesikā
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 傑西卡 Jiéxīkǎ
Danish: da Jessica
Esperanto: eo Jiska
Finnish: fi Jessika
French: fr Jessica
German: de Jessica, de Jessika
Greek: el Ιεσική
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰεσχά
Hindi: hi जेसिका
Hungarian: hu Dzsesszika
Inuktitut: iu ᔨᔅᓯᑲ
Italian: it Gessica f
Japanese: ja ジェシカ Jeshika
Korean: ko ^제시카
Latvian: lv Jesika f, lv Džesika f
Marathi: mr जेसिका f
Polish: pl Dżesika f, pl Jessica f
Portuguese: pt Jéssica f
Romanian: ro Jessica f
Russian: ru Дже́ссика f
Spanish: es Jéssica, es Jésica, es Yésica, es Yéssica, es Jesica, es Yessica
Swedish: sv Jessica, sv Jessika
Thai: th เจสสิกา
Turkish: tr Jessika Jessikâ
References
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Jessica + 1
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female
2017 — Bongosia, Elvira, Mga Bag-ong Opisyal sa AUDIO-Bohol, Nanumpa sa Katungdanan (22 December), Cebuano News, Philippine Information Agency
ceb Samtang napili si Mylene Bulasa (BOTr) isip Treasurer; Jessica Wise (LGU Tubigon) isip Assistant Treasurer; Charluth Garcia (LGU San Miguel) isip Auditor; Fiel Angeli Gabin (Tagbilaran City) isip Press Relations Officer sa 1st District; Larry Evangelista (LGU Ubay) isip PRO sa 2nd District; ug Charlie Bonifacio (LGU Anda) isip PRO sa 3rd District.
ceb 18 September 2018 Logroño, Guam P https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1765014 Gimingaw og Sex, Nanion SuperBalita Cebu Si Bert (di tinuod nga ngan), 35, gipusasan sa mga sakop sa Talisay City Police Station human mi-reklamo ang iyang asawa nga si Jessica, nagtrabaho sa usa ka salon sa dakbayan sa Sugbo.
2019 — Marcial-Flores, Divine, Kasabotan sa Panagbuwag sa Magtiayon dili Balido (06 January), Legal Corner, Banat News
ceb Daghang salamat.— Jessica
Danish
Etymology
Recently borrowed from da en Jessica.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
French
Etymology
fr en Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Jessica.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
Proper noun
f
fr female
German
Etymology
de en Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
de De-Jessica.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Polish
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Jessica + 1
Pronunciation
Dżes-ika LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Jessica.wav Je.ssi.ca
Proper noun
f
pl Dżesika
Declension
Jessica Jessiki Jessiki Jessic Jessice Jessicom Jessicę Jessiki Jessicą Jessicami Jessice Jessicach Jessico Jessiki
Further reading
pl female given names given names
Spanish
Etymology
es :ubor en:Jessica + 1
Pronunciation
Yésica +
Proper noun
f
es female
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Jessika
Etymology
Borrowed from sv en Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jessica.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female