Given name
Yesika
“the Lord sees all”
Yesika is a variant of Yessica. In Hebrew use, Yessica carries the interpretation “the Lord sees all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yesika is a variant of Yessica. In Hebrew use, Yessica carries the interpretation “the Lord sees all.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yesika connects to the Jessica name family through Yessica. 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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yesika connects to the Jessica name family through Yessica. 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
Yesika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 11 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 660 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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