Given name
Jessicah
“The Lord sees all”
In English use, Jessicah is a variant of Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jessicah is a variant of 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, Jessicah is a variant of 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 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jessicah is a variant of 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
Jessicah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 295
- 0 boys · 295 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 299 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.
Jessicah’s family of names
In English usage, Jessicah has a related form in Jessica.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Jessicah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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