Given name

Dżesika

“The Lord sees all”

In Polish use, Dżesika has an alternative spelling in Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.

Meaning & origin

What it means

In Polish use, Dżesika has an alternative spelling in Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

In Polish use, Dżesika has an alternative spelling in Jessica. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From English Jessica.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

In Polish use, Dżesika has an alternative spelling in Jessica. The history of Jessica gives this family its wider story. Jessica is Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice. Shakespeare’s immediate inspiration is unknown, but the biblical spelling Jesca—corresponding to Iscah in Genesis 11:29—has been proposed as a starting point.

Explained through its name family

Dżesika’s family of names

In Polish usage, Dżesika has an alternative spelling in Jessica. In Polish usage, Dżesika has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jessica. In Polish usage, Dżesika has a related form in Jessica.

Walk Dżesika’s family in the name graph

DżesikaDzesikaJessicaJessikaGessicaJasikaJessikkaIscahJéssicaDzsesszikaיִסְכָּהJèssica

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Dżesika has relatives in 5 languages.

2 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Dżesika

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Dżesika, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Literary

Yesicka

“the Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Gessicka

“the Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

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Yesyka

“the Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

20% boys · 80% girls

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Jessickah

“The Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Gessaka

“the Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

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Jezyka

“The Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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Gessaca

“the Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

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Jezica

“The Lord sees all”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Dżesika’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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