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Jessica
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Origin and Meaning
English name
1) English form of the Hebrew name יִסְכָּה (Yiska) = 'Yahweh (God) beholds' [1] [2] [3]
2) Invented by William Shakespeare in the play 'The Merchant of Venice' [1] [4]
Related Names
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| Jessika | ♀ |  |
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| Jessiqa | ♀ |  |
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See also Jessie
Matronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Jessicuson |
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Female
| Jessicudóttir |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jessica |
| Genitive: | Jessicas |
| - Faroese |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jessica |
| Accusative: | Jessicu |
| Dative: | Jessicu |
| Genitive: | Jessicu |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jessica |
| Genitive: | Jessican |
| Partitive: | Jessicaa |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jessica |
| Genitive: | Jessicas |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Jessica |
| Genitive: | Jessicas |
Name Day
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25 February |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[6] |
|
21511 | 26293 | 4 | 4 |
| Denmark[7] |
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1801 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Norway[8] |
|
981 | n.a. | 0 | n.a. |
| Finland[9] |
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n.a. | 5586 | 0 | 0 |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [10]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables