Jessalyn

Jess-uh-lin

Compound name including Jessica or Jessa and Lyn

"to behold beauty"

Jessalyn Origin and Meaning

The name Jessalyn is a girl's name meaning "to behold beauty".

With a hint of the floral Jessamyn, the familiarity of Jessica, and reminiscent of sweet but strong Jocelyn, this compound name was quietly but consistently used from the 80s until the mid 2010s when it began to fall out of favor. This fall coincided with both Jessica dropping out of the US Top 200, and, interestingly, with Jojo and Jessalynn Siwa's appearance on reality TV show Dance Moms.

Famous People Named Jessalyn

• Jessalyn Sarah Gilsig Canadian actress
• Jessalyn Wanlim Canadian actress
• Jessalyn Van Trump American silent film actress
• Jessalyn Pearl Hall American dancer, gymnast and model

The name Jessalyn in Pop Culture

• Jessalyn Thornton main character in the Nancy Drew computer game "The Ghost of Thornton Hall"