Jessica

English, meaning unknown

Jessica Origin and Meaning

The name Jessica is a girl's name of Hebrew origin.

When Jennifer was ready to give up her throne, her crown was passed to Jessica, who reigned for not one but two decades; Jessica was the top name of both the 1980's and 90's, never sounding quite as trendy as its predecessor, maybe because of its classic Shakespearean pedigree. Jessica has declined a bit in popularity but is still a popular choice.

Jessica seems to have been coined by Shakespeare for the character of Shylock's daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly as a form of a biblical name. There are several attractive Jessicas on the scene today, including Jessica Lange, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jessica Simpson, and Jessica Chastain.

Jessica Rank in US Top 1000

# 508 in the US

Jessica Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 458 on Nameberry

Jessica Popularity

• 508 US 2022
• 458 Nameberry 2024
• 49 England 2021
• 25 Scotland 2023
• 62 Ireland 2022
• 99 Australia 2018
• 93 New Zealand 2018
• 241 Germany 2016
• 50 Portugal 2014
• 199 Poland 2020
• 205 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Jessica

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jessica.

• Jennifer
• Stephanie
• Melissa
• Amy
• Allison
• Kaitlyn
• Katie
• Leslie
• Karen
• Christine
• Destiny
• Kayla
• Nicole
• Rebecca
• Danielle
• Brittany
• Ashley
• Kimberly
• Michelle
• Alyssa

Famous People Named Jessica

• Jessica Marie Alba American actress
• Jessica Claire Biel American actress
• Jessica Michelle Chastain American actress
• Jessica Danielle Andrews American singer/songwriter
• Jessica Karen Szohr American actress
• Jessica Louise Origliasso American singer
• Jessica Ann Simpson American singer
• Jessica Alice Tandy English,American actress
• Jessica Phyllis Lange American actress
• Jessica Brooke Capshaw American actress
• Jessica Hilda Mauboy Australian pop singer
• Jessica Elizabeth Sanchez American pop singer
• Jessica Leigh Stroup American actress
• Jessica Louise "Jesy" Nelson singer of British girl group Little Mix
• Jessica Ennis Hill, English Olympic heptathlete
• Jessica Olie CEO of This is Olie
• Sarah Jessica Parker American actress
• Jessica Pimentel American actress
• Jessica Grace Hanson sister of the Hanson brothers
• Jessica Leccia American actress
• Jessica Rose Brown Findlay, English actress
• Jessica Sue Davis American actress; twin brother Jesse Davis
• Jessica Lily "Jessie" Bridges daughter of actor Jeff Bridges
• Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes daughter of novelist J.K. Rowling
• Jessica Suzanne Lowndes American actress
• Jessica Jung Korean,American singer, actress, businesswoman and former member of South Korean girl group Girls' Generation
• Jessica Sula Welsh actress starring in ABC Family's "Recovery Road"
• Jessica Mitford English author
• Jessica Jean (Schafer) Skube American family vlogger known as "Jesssfam"
• Jessica "Settie" Gee American YouTuber of The Bucket List Family
• Jessica Jane Willis first child in family band The Willis Clan
• Jessica "Jess" Stout aka Aphmau American YouTuber
• Jessica Ott Best Friend of YouTuber Jordan Frye
• Jessica "Jess" Bauer Conte YouTuber
• Jessica Wesson (born 1982) retired American Actress
• Jessica Morris (b. 1979) American actress
• Jessica Canseco (b. 1972) former wife of Jose Canseco
• Jessica Ashley (b. 1989) model & Playboy Playmate for June 2014
• Jessica Burciaga (b. 1983) American model & Playboy Playmate
• Jessica Pare (b. 1980) Canadian actress
• Jessica Marie McDonald American soccer player

Jessica in Pop Culture

• Jessica Jones main character on Marvel's show of the same name
• Jessica Drew aka Spiderwoman character in Marvel comics
• Jessica character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
• Jessica Fletcher main character on TV's "Murder, She Wrote"
• Jessica Rabbit character in movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
• Jessica Moore character on TV's "Supernatural"
• Jessica Darling main character in the Jessica Darling series by Megan McCafferty
• Jessica Goldman character in Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth"
• Jessica "Jess" Day main character on TV's "New Girl"
• Jessica "Jessie" Prescott character on TV's "Jessie"
• Jessica Glitter character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
• Jessica "Jessi" Ramsay character in the "Baby,Sitters Club" series
• Jessica Sherawat character in video game "Resident Evil: Revelations"
• Jessica Daunt character in "Tiburon" (1935) by Kylie Tennant
• Jessica "Jess" Delaney character in the "Mother,Daughter Book Club" series by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Jessica Wakefield character in the "Sweet Valley High" book series
• Jessica Ellis character on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," twin sister Janice Ellis
• Jessica Hamby character on TV's "True Blood"
• Jessica Lourdes Pearson character on TV's "Suits"
• Jessica Davis character in "Thirteen Reasons Why"
• Amelia "Amy " Jessica Pond character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Jessica "Jess " character on TV's "Misfits"
• Jessica DiLaurentis Alison Dilaurentis' mother in "Pretty Little Liars"
• Jessica "Jess" character in video game "Until Dawn"
• Jessica Danforth character on TV's "Arrow"
• Jessica Alkirk from Lunar the Silver Star and its remakes
• Jessica Albert character in video game 'Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'
• Jessica Riley character in film "Crazy, Stupid, Love"
• Jessica character in "Rick and Morty"
• "Jessica " song by the Allman Brothers
• "Jessica " song by Regina Spektor
• "Let's Scare Jessica to Death " 1971 horror movie
• Jessica Cruz (aka Green Lantern), character in the DC Universe
• Jessica Lovejoy a minor one,shot character from "The Simpsons"
• Jessica Hunter one of Mackenzie Hollister’s best friends and antagonist of “Dork Diaries”.