Jessica

Etymology
First used by Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice, probably from  יִסְכָּה (Yisəkah, "Iscah" in Genesis 11:29, "Jescha" in the Wycliffe version), a proper name meaning "one who looks forth"  ( but apparently not used as an ordinary word with that meaning).
 * By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of Jessie, from Jane.

Proper noun

 * 1) ; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries.
 * 2) * 1594 William Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act V: Scene I:
 * Lorenzo: In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont.
 * Jessica: In such a night / Did young Lorenzo swear he lov'd her well, / Stealing her soul with many vows of faith, / And ne'er a true one.
 * Lorenzo: In such a night / Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew, / Slander her love, and he forgave it her.
 * 1) * 1996 Tad Williams, The Writer's Child, The Sandman Book of Dreams, HarperCollins, ISBN 0002246325, page 154:
 * She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica. Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.

Related terms

 * Jess, Jessie.

Translations

 * Arabic: جيسيكا
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hindi: जेसिका
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ジェシカ
 * Korean: 제시카
 * Russian: Джессика
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: เจ ส สิ ก้า

Proper noun

 * 1)  recently borrowed from English.

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English, popular in the end of the 20th century.

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English, popular in the end of the 20th century.

Alternative forms

 * Jessika

Proper noun

 * 1)  borrowed from English and popular in the end of the 20th century.

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