Jessica (first name)
Jessica is a female given name .
origin
The original form of the name is probably Jiska , a biblical figure ( Gen 11.29 EU ). The Hebrew name means "God looks (on)" or "God watches over you". The current form was popularized by a character in Shakespeare's comedy The Merchant of Venice .
distribution
The spread of the first name increased significantly in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1980s and 1990s, it was one of the twenty most common first names in Germany. Since the end of the 1990s, the prevalence has fallen compared to the other first names.
variants
- Dżesika ( Polish )
- Gessica
- Jesica ( span. )
- Jessica
- Jieshika (ジ エ シ カ) ( japan. )
- Yessica, Yessika
- Џесика (Macedonian, Serbian)
- Джэсіка (Belarusian)
- Джессіка (Ukrainian)
- Джессика (Russian)
- Xhesika (Albanian)
Short forms:
- Jessi (e), Yessi (e), Jessy, Jes (s), Jesse, Jace.
Name bearers
Jessica
- Jessica Alba (* 1981), American actress
- Jessica Andersson (* 1973), Swedish singer with Duo Fame
- Jessica Andrews (* 1983), American country and pop singer
- Jessica Arellano (* 1982), American jazz musician, see Jessy J.
- Jessica Barker (born 1977), Canadian actress
- Jessica Benjamin (* 1946), American psychoanalyst and author
- Jessica Biel (* 1982), American actress
- Jessica Burciaga (* 1983), American model
- Jessica Chastain (* 1977), American theater and film actress.
- Jessica Combs (1980–2019), American racing driver, presenter and metal worker, see Jessi Combs
- Jessica Ellen Cornish (* 1988), British pop singer, see Jessie J.
- Jessica Dawley (* 1983), American poker player
- Jessica Drake (* 1974), American porn actress
- Jessica Ennis (* 1986), British heptathlete
- Jessica Folcker (* 1975), Swedish pop singer
- Jessica Harper (born 1949), American actress, singer and author
- Jessica Hausner (* 1972), Austrian film director and author
- Jessica Henwick (* 1992), British actress
- Jessica Jung (* 1989), Korean-American singer
- Jessica Kessler (* 1980), German musical actress
- Jessica Lange (born 1949), American actress
- Jessica Mann (1937–2018), British author
- Jessica May (* 1979), Czech porn actress
- Jessica Mitford (1917–1996), British writer
- Jessica Napier (born 1979), New Zealand actress
- Jessica Oldenburg (* 1991), German handball player
- Jessica Pavone (* 1976), American jazz violinist and composer
- Jessica Schwarz (* 1977), German actress and presenter
- Jessica Simpson (* 1980), American pop singer and actress
- Jessica Stockmann (* 1967), German actress
- Jessica Szohr (born 1985), American actress
- Jessica Tandy (1909-1994), British actress
- Jessica Wahls (* 1977), German pop singer
- Jessica Walter (* 1941), American actress
- Jessica Watson (* 1993), Australian circumnavigator
- Jessica Wich (* 1990), German soccer player
Jessica
- Jessika (* 1989), Maltese singer
- Jessika Cardinahl (* 1965), German actress, painter and sculptor
- Jessika Jenson (* 1991), American snowboarder
- Jessika Ponchet (* 1996), French tennis player
- Jessika Westen (* 1980), German journalist and television presenter