Jessica

== English == === Alternative forms === Jessicah, Jessika, Jessikah, Jessicka, Jessickah, Jessiqa, Jessyca, Jessyka, Jesica, Jesika, Jesyca, Jesyka, Jezica, Jezika, Jezyca, Jezyka === Etymology === First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version”), a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms imperfect form of a verb ultimately from the root ס־כ־ה (s-k-h), itself an alternative form of the root שׂ־כ־ה (ś-k-h), both of which mean "to see, behold, look for". By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of Jessie, from Jane. === Pronunciation === enPR: jĕsʹĭkə, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/ === Proper noun === Jessica (plural Jessicas) A female given name from Hebrew. ==== Usage notes ==== Formerly rare, but from the 1970s to the 2010s popular in all English-speaking countries. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Jessica. === Proper noun === Jessica a female given name 2017 — Bongosia, Elvira, Mga Bag-ong Opisyal sa AUDIO-Bohol, Nanumpa sa Katungdanan (22 December), Cebuano News, Philippine Information Agency 2019 — Marcial-Flores, Divine, Kasabotan sa Panagbuwag sa Magtiayon dili Balido (06 January), Legal Corner, Banat News == Danish == === Etymology === Recently borrowed from English Jessica. === Proper noun === Jessica a female given name == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛ.si.ka/ ~ /ʒe.si.ka/ === Proper noun === Jessica f a female given name == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Jessica a female given name == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Jessica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʐɛˈsi.ka/ Rhymes: -ika Syllabification: Je‧ssi‧ca === Proper noun === Jessica f alternative spelling of Dżesika ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Jessica”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Jessica. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -esika Syllabification: Jes‧si‧ca === Proper noun === Jessica f a female given name == Swedish == === Alternative forms === Jessika === Etymology === Borrowed from English Jessica, popular at the end of the 20th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Jessica c (genitive Jessicas) a female given name