Given name
Jesica
“The Lord sees all”
In English use, Jesica has a related form in Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jesica has a related form 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 English use, Jesica has a related form in Jessica. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jesica has a related form 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jesica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,720
- 0 boys · 4,720 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 238 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,950 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,950 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 238 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,732 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jesica’s family of names
In English usage, Jesica has a related form in Jessica. In Spanish usage, Jesica has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jessica.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jesica
- Jésica CirioArgentine model and dancerborn 1985
- Jesica FitrianaIndonesian model and beauty pageant titleholderborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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