Given name
Yessica
“the Lord sees all”·“The Lord sees all”
Yessica is a form of Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Yessica carries the interpretation “the Lord sees all.” Yessica is a form of Jessica. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord sees all.” Its derivation is not certain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Yessica is used as a form of Jessica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yessica is a form 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
Yessica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,956
- 0 boys · 3,956 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 175 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #6,103 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,103 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 175 in 1995. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,654 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.
Yessica’s family of names
In English usage, Yessica has a related form in Jessica. Yessica is a form of Jessica. In Spanish usage, Yessica has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jessica.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jessicavariant · English
- Yesicavariant
- Yesikavariant
- Yessikavariant
- Yessiccalikely variant
- Yesikovariant
- Yesykavariant
- Yessickavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yessica
- Yessica CamiloDominican Republic archerborn 1993
- Yessica SalazarMexican model, actressborn 1974
- Yéssica MoutonMiss Bolivia 2011born 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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