Jessica

Hebrew

"behold or wealthy"

Jessica Origin and Meaning

The name Jessica is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "behold or wealthy".

When Jennifer finally gave up her Number 1 place on the girls' popularity list, her crown was passed to Jessica, who reigned for not one but two decades. Jessica was the Number 1 name in both the mid-1980s and 1990s, never sounding quite as trendy as its predecessor, maybe because of its classic Shakespearean pedigree.

Jessica fell out of the Top 10 in 2001 and has been heading straight downhill ever since, though she still ranks in the middle of the Top 1000. Our guess is that a lot of new moms who loved the name Jessica growing up are now giving it to their daughters, though it's far from a fashionable choice.

Jessica seems to have been coined in this form by Shakespeare for the character of Shylock's daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly as an Anglicization of the biblical name Iscah. There are several attractive Jessicas on the scene today, including Jessica Lange, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jessica Simpson, and Jessica Chastain.

Many Jessicas, grownup as well as newborn, are called Jessie or Jess, which freshens up the name as one of the stylish boyish nicknames for girls. Other variations in use include Jessi, Jessy, Jesse, Jessa, and Jesslyn.

Jessica Rank in US Top 1000

# 553 in the US

Jessica Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 494 on Nameberry

Jessica Popularity

• 553 US 2023
• 494 Nameberry 2024
• 69 England 2022
• 25 Scotland 2023
• 62 Ireland 2022
• 99 Australia 2018
• 93 New Zealand 2018
• 241 Germany 2016
• 50 Portugal 2014
• 205 Mexico 2021
• 199 Poland 2020

20 Names Similar to Jessica

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jessica.

• Jennifer
• Stephanie
• Melissa
• Amy
• Allison
• Kaitlyn
• Katie
• Leslie
• Karen
• Christine
• Destiny
• Kayla
• Nicole
• Rebecca
• Danielle
• Brittany
• Ashley
• Kimberly
• Michelle
• Alyssa

Famous People Named Jessica

• Jessica Marie Alba American actress
• Jessica Claire Biel American actress
• Jessica Michelle Chastain American actress
• Jessica Danielle Andrews American singer/songwriter
• Jessica Karen Szohr American actress
• Jessica Louise Origliasso American singer
• Jessica Ann Simpson American singer
• Jessica Alice Tandy English,American actress
• Jessica Phyllis Lange American actress
• Jessica Brooke Capshaw American actress
• Jessica Hilda Mauboy Australian pop singer
• Jessica Elizabeth Sanchez American pop singer
• Jessica Leigh Stroup American actress
• Jessica Louise "Jesy" Nelson singer of British girl group Little Mix
• Jessica Ennis Hill, English Olympic heptathlete
• Jessica Olie CEO of This is Olie
• Sarah Jessica Parker American actress
• Jessica Pimentel American actress
• Jessica Grace Hanson sister of the Hanson brothers
• Jessica Leccia American actress
• Jessica Rose Brown Findlay, English actress
• Jessica Sue Davis American actress; twin brother Jesse Davis
• Jessica Lily "Jessie" Bridges daughter of actor Jeff Bridges
• Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes daughter of novelist J.K. Rowling
• Jessica Suzanne Lowndes American actress
• Jessica Jung Korean,American singer, actress, businesswoman and former member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
• Jessica Sula Welsh actress starring in ABC Family's "Recovery Road"
• Jessica Mitford English author
• Jessica Jean (Schafer) Skube American family vlogger known as "Jesssfam"
• Jessica "Settie" Gee American YouTuber of The Bucket List Family
• Jessica Jane Willis first child in family band The Willis Clan
• Jessica "Jess" Stout aka Aphmau American YouTuber
• Jessica Ott Best Friend of YouTuber Jordan Frye
• Jessica "Jess" Bauer Conte YouTuber
• Jessica Wesson (born 1982) retired American Actress
• Jessica Marie McDonald American soccer player

Jessica in Pop Culture

• Jessica Jones main character on Marvel's show of the same name
• Jessica Drew aka Spiderwoman character in Marvel comics
• Jessica character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
• Jessica Fletcher main character on TV's "Murder, She Wrote"
• Jessica Rabbit character in movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
• Jessica Moore character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Jessica Darling main character in the Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty
• Jessica Goldman character in Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth"
• Jessica "Jess" Day main character on TV's "New Girl"
• Jessica "Jessie" Prescott character on TV's "Jessie"
• Jessica Glitter character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
• Jessica "Jessi" Ramsay character in the "Baby,Sitters Club" series
• Jessica Sherawat character in video game "Resident Evil: Revelations"
• Jessica Daunt character in "Tiburon" (1935) by Kylie Tennant
• Jessica "Jess" Delaney character in the "Mother,Daughter Book Club" series by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Jessica Wakefield character in the "Sweet Valley High" book series
• Jessica Ellis character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," twin sister Janice Ellis
• Jessica Hamby character on TV's "True Blood"
• Jessica Lourdes Pearson character on TV's "Suits"
• Jessica Davis character in "Thirteen Reasons Why"
• Amelia "Amy " Jessica Pond character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Jessica "Jess " character on TV's "Misfits"
• Jessica DiLaurentis Alison Dilaurentis' mother in "Pretty Little Liars"
• Jessica "Jess" character in video game "Until Dawn"
• Jessica Danforth character on TV's "Arrow"
• Jessica Alkirk from Lunar the Silver Star and its remakes
• Jessica Albert character in video game 'Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'
• Jessica Riley character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
• Jessica character in "Rick and Morty"
• "Jessica " song by the Allman Brothers
• "Jessica " song by Regina Spektor
• "Let's Scare Jessica to Death " 1971 horror movie
• Jessica Cruz (aka Green Lantern), character in the DC Universe
• Jessica Lovejoy a minor one,shot character from "The Simpsons"
• Jessica Hunter one of Mackenzie Hollister’s best friends and antagonist of “Dork Diaries”.