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Meaning of the nameGesica

Gesica is a spelling of the name Gessica, which means “spelling variant of Jessica, a name probably based on the biblical Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”.

Meaning

“spelling variant of Jessica, a name probably based on the biblical Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”

Meaning of the name Gessica, of which Gesica is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Jessica · Behind the Name: Jessica

People (2022)
4,789
Rank in Brazil
#2,823
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
11,051
people

Gesica in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gesica, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,305 people).

4,769 women 20 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gesica is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gesica in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.004%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  4. Goiás 0.004%
  5. Paraná 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7790.002%
Rio Grande do Sul4330.004%
Paraná3870.003%
Bahia3660.003%
Minas Gerais3650.002%
Santa Catarina3520.005%
Goiás2610.004%
Rio de Janeiro2570.002%
Pará2220.003%
Ceará1860.002%
Pernambuco1720.002%
Mato Grosso1510.004%
Espírito Santo1140.003%
Amazonas1070.003%
Maranhão1040.002%
Rio Grande do Norte790.002%
Paraíba730.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul620.002%
Tocantins590.004%
Piauí570.002%
Rondônia570.004%
Alagoas320.001%
Sergipe320.001%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Acre230.003%
Amapá230.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Gesica

It uses a single S in place of the SS of Gessica and has no H like spellings such as Jhessica.

About the name Gessica

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Gessica among the spelling variants of Jessica, alongside Jessika, Jessyca and Jhessica. Wiktionary lists Jéssica in Portuguese as a loanword from the English Jessica. According to Behind the Name, this form first appeared in the play The Merchant of Venice (1596), by Shakespeare, as the name of Shylock's daughter, probably based on the biblical name Iscah; Wiktionary's English entry links Iscah to Hebrew yiská (Genesis 11:29), 'he will see'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,382 people named Gessica, most of them born in the 1990s.

Other spellings of Gessica

SpellingPeople (2022)
Gessica41,382
Gesica4,789

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Jessica · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Jessica · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Jéssica · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jessica · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gesica

What does the name Gesica mean?

Gesica means “spelling variant of Jessica, a name probably based on the biblical Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Gessica, of which Gesica is a spelling.

How many people are named Gesica in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,789 people with the first name Gesica, which ranks it number 2,823 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Gesica a boy's or a girl's name?

Gesica is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,769 women and 20 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gesica?

Gesica is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gesica most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.005% of the state's population is named Gesica (352 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gesica?

Gessica. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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