Given name
Yessika
“the Lord sees all”
Yessika is a variant of Yessica. In Hebrew use, Yessica carries the interpretation “the Lord sees all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yessika 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
Yessika 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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Yessika 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
Yessika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 103
- 0 boys · 103 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 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 8 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 493 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.
Yessika’s family of names
Yessika has a related form in Yessica.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
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