Given name
Jessika
“The Lord sees all”
In English use, Jessika 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, Jessika 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, Jessika is a variant of Jessica. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Jessika developed from Jessica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Jessika 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
Jessika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,969
- 0 boys · 5,969 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 378 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,479 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −64%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,479 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 378 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,035 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.
Jessika’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Jessika developed from the English form Jessica. In English usage, Jessika has a related form in Jessica. In Swedish usage, Jessika has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jessica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jessika has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jessika
- Jessika MuscatMaltese singerborn 1989
- Jessika RoswallSweden's EU Ministerborn 1972
- Jessika PonchetFrench tennis playerborn 1996
- Jessika CarrAmerican referee and professional wrestlerborn 1991
- Jessika van LeeuwenDutch politicianborn 1981
- Jessika VanAsian American actressborn 1985
- Jessika GbaiIvorian sprinterborn 1998
- Jessika JensonAmerican snowboarderborn 1991
- Jessika GedinSwedish book publisher and radio/television presenterborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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