At a Glance: Name: Jessica – Meaning: from a Hebrew name meaning 'he will see/behold' (related to the biblical Iscah) – Origin: English (Shakespearean coinage from Hebrew Iscah/Yiskah) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: JES-ik-ah
Jessica is an English (Shakespearean coinage from Hebrew Iscah/Yiskah) girl's name meaning “from a Hebrew name meaning 'he will see/behold' (related to the biblical Iscah)”. It appears in our list of 200+ Fairycore Girl Names Straight Out of an Enchanted Forest.
Meaning & Origin of Jessica
Meaning: From a Hebrew name meaning 'he will see/behold' (related to the biblical Iscah).
Origin: English (Shakespearean coinage from Hebrew Iscah/Yiskah).
A common claim: 'God beholds' (Hebrew) Actually: Commonly rendered 'God beholds,' but the sourced Hebrew root literally translates to 'he will see/behold' as a verb form, and the name entered English via Shakespeare's coinage.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Jessica
Phonetic: JES-ik-ah IPA: /ˈdʒɛsɪkə/
Popularity of Jessica
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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