Definitions | Jessica |
| proper noun
- (given name, female, from Hebrew, ) Diminutives: Jess, Jessie.
Translations: - Dutch: Jeske
- German: Jessika
Etymology:
- First used by Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice, probably from (Hebr.) , ÖÖÖÖ (YisÉkah, "Iscah" in Genesis 11:29), a proper name meaning "one who looks forth."
- By folk etymology seen as a variant of Jessie or Jane.
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