Meaning of the nameGessica

Female
Hebrew origin
Ges-si-ca

Gessica is a spelling variant of Jéssica, a name created by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice and probably based on the biblical name Iscah.

Meaning

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

Source: Wiktionary: Jessica · Behind the Name: Jessica

People (2022): 41,382
Rank in Brazil: #649
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 61,291; people

Gessica in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gessica, 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 (29,316 people).

41,234 women 148 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 Gessica is most common

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

Amapá 0.030%
Santa Catarina 0.030%
Bahia 0.028%
Tocantins 0.028%
Espírito Santo 0.028%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,814	0.013%
Minas Gerais	4,177	0.020%
Bahia	4,000	0.028%
Paraná	3,006	0.026%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,421	0.022%
Santa Catarina	2,249	0.030%
Rio de Janeiro	2,125	0.013%
Pernambuco	2,090	0.023%
Pará	1,964	0.024%
Ceará	1,815	0.021%
Goiás	1,720	0.024%
Maranhão	1,345	0.020%
Espírito Santo	1,073	0.028%
Mato Grosso	1,012	0.028%
Paraíba	986	0.025%
Amazonas	924	0.023%
Rio Grande do Norte	618	0.019%
Piauí	615	0.019%
Alagoas	592	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	558	0.020%
Sergipe	507	0.023%
Rondônia	440	0.028%
Tocantins	424	0.028%
Distrito Federal	403	0.014%
Amapá	221	0.030%
Acre	161	0.019%
Roraima	122	0.019%

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

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.

It replaces the initial J of Jéssica with G and has no accent. It is the most recorded spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Gessica

Spelling	People (2022)
Gessica	41,382
Gesica	4,789

Sources

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

Questions about the name Gessica

What does the name Gessica mean?

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

How many people are named Gessica in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 41,382 people with the first name Gessica, which ranks it number 649 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Gessica is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 41,234 women and 148 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gessica?

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

In which Brazilian state is Gessica most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.030% of the state's population is named Gessica (221 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gessica?

Gesica. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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