Jessica Forename
247th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,301,144 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Vanuatu
Jessica Forename Definition:
A female name. this name, the use of which is modern, is taken from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. It appears to be the Hebrew Iscah ‘Jah is looking’. In the Authorized Version of the Bible Gen xi. 29 the name appears as Iscah, but in earlier translations it is Jesca.
Read More About This ForenameJessica Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 845,436 | 1:429 | 70 |
| Brazil | 100% | 446,805 | 1:479 | 52 |
| Mexico | 100% | 127,307 | 1:975 | 193 |
| Philippines | 99% | 108,692 | 1:975 | 191 |
| Ecuador | - | 66,688 | 1:266 | 42 |
| England | 100% | 62,162 | 1:894 | 203 |
| Peru | 100% | 55,919 | 1:569 | 92 |
| Chile | 100% | 54,973 | 1:320 | 70 |
| Germany | 100% | 42,741 | 1:2,262 | 350 |
| Australia | - | 32,783 | 1:417 | 91 |
| Spain | 100% | 27,031 | 1:1,721 | 247 |
| France | 100% | 26,884 | 1:2,472 | 304 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 25,560 | 1:6,947 | 1,033 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 24,792 | 1:682 | 151 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23,569 | 1:1,281 | 208 |
| Sweden | 100% | 21,233 | 1:464 | 81 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,929 | 1:1,663 | 354 |
| Ghana | 100% | 13,709 | 1:1,969 | 333 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,637 | 1:3,999 | 758 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 12,522 | 1:381 | 60 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10,985 | 1:323 | 69 |
| Honduras | 100% | 10,649 | 1:828 | 146 |
| Congo | 100% | 10,628 | 1:471 | 69 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 10,572 | 1:24,401 | 3,338 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,976 | 1:2,369 | 561 |
| Belgium | 100% | 9,729 | 1:1,181 | 287 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9,664 | 1:7,250 | 1,224 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8,714 | 1:691 | 127 |
| Burundi | 75% | 8,690 | 1:1,140 | 371 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 8,127 | 1:3,747 | 397 |
| Sudan | - | 6,941 | 1:5,447 | 856 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,875 | 1:922 | 164 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,852 | 1:1,833 | 295 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5,829 | 1:7,338 | 573 |
| China | - | 5,446 | 1:250,837 | 18,957 |
| Gabon | - | 5,172 | 1:364 | 42 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,799 | 1:945 | 223 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 4,679 | 1:3,443 | 496 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4,483 | 1:9,136 | 944 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,163 | 1:938 | 155 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,109 | 1:2,767 | 568 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,778 | 1:819 | 197 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,752 | 1:12,734 | 1,038 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3,571 | 1:1,576 | 337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 3,370 | 1:2,419 | 281 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3,160 | 1:14,654 | 1,621 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,116 | 1:51,175 | 4,369 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 3,020 | 1:3,510 | 627 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,990 | 1:3,489 | 550 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 2,926 | 1:1,171 | 202 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,922 | 1:13,014 | 544 |
| Malawi | 100% | 2,856 | 1:5,992 | 819 |
| Egypt | 88% | 2,711 | 1:33,899 | 2,205 |
| Namibia | - | 2,684 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2,442 | 1:2,963 | 553 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,331 | 1:13,219 | 1,863 |
| India | 100% | 2,284 | 1:531,908 | 41,925 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,031 | 1:7,594 | 1,084 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,024 | 1:13,323 | 1,369 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,870 | 1:4,392 | 645 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,789 | 1:3,065 | 456 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 1,726 | 1:42,774 | 2,917 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,693 | 1:2,743 | 363 |
| Zambia | - | 1,615 | 1:9,817 | 1,086 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,611 | 1:37,903 | 1,195 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,561 | 1:3,428 | 394 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,288 | 1:3,426 | 461 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,246 | 1:210 | 21 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,209 | 1:5,200 | 911 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,188 | 1:6,526 | 568 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,096 | 1:515 | 125 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,052 | 1:8,093 | 564 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,009 | 1:10,561 | 457 |
| Malta | - | 960 | 1:447 | 101 |
| Qatar | 100% | 915 | 1:2,590 | 344 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 880 | 1:59,987 | 4,111 |
| Kuwait | - | 798 | 1:4,743 | 624 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 768 | 1:28,139 | 2,220 |
| Israel | 100% | 723 | 1:11,622 | 1,382 |
| Morocco | - | 710 | 1:48,378 | 2,054 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 638 | 1:2,134 | 419 |
| Norway | 100% | 568 | 1:9,036 | 828 |
| Romania | 100% | 567 | 1:35,365 | 2,222 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 512 | 1:46,425 | 7,114 |
| Denmark | - | 501 | 1:11,276 | 899 |
| Botswana | 100% | 480 | 1:4,551 | 767 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 451 | 1:599 | 140 |
| Jamaica | - | 450 | 1:6,407 | 904 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 426 | 1:366 | 89 |
| Japan | - | 418 | 1:306,187 | 8,644 |
| Fiji | - | 403 | 1:2,214 | 616 |
| South Korea | 100% | 396 | 1:14,001 | 1,545 |
| Suriname | 100% | 395 | 1:1,400 | 309 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 359 | 1:535 | 64 |
| Albania | 99% | 324 | 1:9,403 | 1,511 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 315 | 1:5,851 | 615 |
| Belize | 100% | 293 | 1:1,209 | 256 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 292 | 1:1,990 | 354 |
| Guam | - | 286 | 1:562 | 92 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Bahrain | - | 252 | 1:5,352 | 871 |
| Russia | 95% | 249 | 1:579,252 | 5,995 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 232 | 1:99,465 | 6,093 |
| Micronesia | - | 197 | 1:541 | 94 |
| Guyana | 100% | 165 | 1:4,626 | 852 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 141 | 1:3,753 | 554 |
| Vietnam | - | 140 | 1:661,594 | 2,241 |
| Aruba | - | 138 | 1:752 | 131 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 126 | 1:1,542,521 | 23,159 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 122 | 1:502 | 71 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 120 | 1:153,162 | 7,400 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 117 | 1:11,092 | 1,370 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 116 | 1:471 | 74 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 112 | 1:1,588 | 289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 111 | 1:989 | 200 |
| Iraq | 100% | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Barbados | - | 87 | 1:3,331 | 615 |
| Greece | 100% | 86 | 1:127,146 | 3,139 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 86 | 1:83,163 | 6,791 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 74 | 1:440,858 | 7,808 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Cuba | - | 69 | 1:166,762 | 2,623 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Bermuda | - | 58 | 1:1,118 | 250 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 52 | 1:2,146 | 405 |
| Benin | 100% | 50 | 1:211,517 | 9,853 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 49 | 1:1,120 | 254 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 49 | 1:144,667 | 358 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 44 | 1:19,797 | 1,296 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:789 | 165 |
| American Samoa | - | 43 | 1:1,299 | 171 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 42 | 1:58,542 | 2,230 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:781 | 145 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Turkey | 100% | 38 | 1:2,047,413 | 14,402 |
| Iceland | 100% | 35 | 1:10,458 | 933 |
| Hungary | 100% | 34 | 1:287,993 | 1,329 |
| Monaco | 100% | 33 | 1:1,166 | 246 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Croatia | 100% | 28 | 1:150,610 | 3,044 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:1,830 | 284 |
| Grenada | 100% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Jordan | 100% | 21 | 1:420,323 | 3,578 |
| Macau | - | 21 | 1:28,962 | 428 |
| Jersey | 100% | 20 | 1:4,999 | 624 |
| Latvia | - | 19 | 1:106,087 | 1,963 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,043,932 | 10,994 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Belarus | 100% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 15 | 1:421 | 107 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 14 | 1:379,290 | 1,926 |
| Algeria | - | 13 | 1:2,936,671 | 7,684 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| Cambodia | - | 13 | 1:1,251,795 | 17,972 |
| Moldova | - | 13 | 1:273,934 | 2,181 |
| Myanmar | - | 13 | 1:3,996,021 | 1,392 |
| Senegal | 100% | 13 | 1:1,121,643 | 9,904 |
| Palestine | 100% | 12 | 1:379,172 | 2,916 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| Armenia | 100% | 11 | 1:265,341 | 4,163 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 10 | 1:8,502 | 218 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Lesotho | - | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Dominica | - | 7 | 1:10,782 | 397 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Serbia | - | 6 | 1:1,190,954 | 6,486 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Abkhazia | 50% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Jéssica (122,908), Jèssica (10), Jessíca (2), Jêssica (1) & Jessiça (1) are calculated separately.
Jessica (6,855) may also be a surname.
Jessica Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this name, the use of which is modern, is taken from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. It appears to be the Hebrew Iscah ‘Jah is looking’. In the Authorized Version of the Bible Gen xi. 29 the name appears as Iscah, but in earlier translations it is Jesca.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A metathesis of Jo(h)anna, it is a very attractive name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name. Probably a diminutive of Jessie.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - Wealthy.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: God’s grace: riches.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jessica Forename Popularity
Jessica Demographics
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Sample size: 17 (2016)
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