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Probably connected with a Hebrew name associated with seeing or beholding.
The reviewed entry proposes, rather than proves, a connection to Iscah through Shakespeare’s Jessica. The seeing/beholding interpretation is conditional on that proposed ancestry.
English literary-name tradition, with a proposed Hebrew connection.
The handbook describes disputed ancestry and a proposed connection to Jiska; the dictionary also qualifies its Hebrew account. Shakespeare’s Jessica is documented literary use, not proof of one settled root for every bearer.
/ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/
Recorded English given-name reading.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 66 · preliminary | 466 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 1995 | Boys | 8 | 1397 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 35 (rounded to 5) | 1029 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 1987 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 2940 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 360 | 139 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 21 | 96 | Two rank discrepancies and alternate-view differences retained. Automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 81 | 49 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 32 | 141 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 424 | 665 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2016 | Boys | 5 | 12185 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English personal-name section documents given-name use. Naming language is distinct from proposed older ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The reviewed entry proposes, rather than proves, a connection to Iscah through Shakespeare’s Jessica. The seeing/beholding interpretation is conditional on that proposed ancestry.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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This literary association is documented. A proposed Iscah/Jiska connection remains uncertain; it is not presented as a settled literal translation or a verified first-ever use. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Supporting credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Isof, 2026), printed page 209. Copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251; https://isof.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2041530/FULLTEXT01.pdf#page=211. License: CC BY-SA 4.0; other cited source rights retained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0; other cited source rights retained
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A documented short-form option for Jessica; families can choose other forms. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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A documented short-form option for Jessica; families can choose other forms. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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A documented short-form option for Jessica; families can choose other forms. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The entry records Jessica and Jane/Jean short-form traditions, and separately a US eye-dialect male Jesse variant; histories and statistical series remain distinct.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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A documented short-form option for Jessica; families can choose other forms. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The handbook describes disputed ancestry and a proposed connection to Jiska; the dictionary also qualifies its Hebrew account. Shakespeare’s Jessica is documented literary use, not proof of one settled root for every bearer. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Supporting credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Isof, 2026), printed page 209. Copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251; https://isof.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2041530/FULLTEXT01.pdf#page=211. License: CC BY-SA 4.0; other cited source rights retained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0; other cited source rights retained
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Recorded English given-name reading.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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An explicitly recorded alternate spelling. Popularity series and preferred pronunciation remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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An explicitly recorded alternate spelling. Popularity series and preferred pronunciation remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Recorded alternate form in the handbook. Each spelling keeps its own popularity records; pronunciation and cultural usage may differ. Credit: Eva Brylla and Katharina Leibring, Förnamn i Sverige – kortfattat namnlexikon, second edition (Isof, 2026). Source: https://isof.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2041530/FULLTEXT01.pdf#page=211. License: Original factual summary; source rights retained (https://isof.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2041530/FULLTEXT01.pdf). Copyright remains with Charlotta Seiler Brylla, Katharina Leibring and Isof. Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized explicit alternate-form relationships in original wording; no source prose, images or recordings are reproduced.
Original factual summary; source rights retained
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An explicitly recorded alternate spelling. Popularity series and preferred pronunciation remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Jessica English personal-name entry. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Jessica&oldid=93487251. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed explicit name accounts and relationships, retaining uncertain ancestry and spelling-specific statistics; no images or recordings reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
