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Meaning of the nameJhessica

Jhessica is a spelling of the name Jéssica, which means “probably from the biblical name Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”.

Meaning

“probably from the biblical name Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”

Meaning of the name Jéssica, of which Jhessica is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Jessica (English) · Behind the Name: Jessica

People (2022)
1,477
Rank in Brazil
#6,337
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
1,115
people

Jhessica in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jhessica, 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 (849 people).

1,473 women 0 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 Jhessica is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Goiás 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2000.003%
São Paulo1800.000%
Minas Gerais1570.001%
Paraná1430.001%
Goiás1400.002%
Maranhão910.001%
Rio de Janeiro740.001%
Espírito Santo570.002%
Santa Catarina510.001%
Mato Grosso510.001%
Amazonas470.001%
Distrito Federal440.002%
Bahia360.000%
Rio Grande do Sul340.000%
Pernambuco250.000%
Rondônia240.002%
Tocantins170.001%
Alagoas160.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%

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

The spelling Jhessica

Adds an H after the initial J; it is the least recorded spelling in the group.

About the name Jéssica

Wiktionary records Jéssica as a borrowing from English Jessica. According to Behind the Name, the form Jessica first appeared in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice (1596), probably based on the biblical name Iscah, spelled Jescha in translations of the time. Wiktionary's English entry links Iscah to Hebrew yiská (Genesis 11:29), which probably means 'he will see' or 'he will look for'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 450,167 people named Jéssica, most of them born in the 1990s. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Jessika, Jessyca and Jhessica among the spelling variants of Jessica.

Other spellings of Jéssica

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jéssica450,167
Jesica11,790
Jessika6,605
Jessyca3,486
Jhessica1,477

Sources

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

Questions about the name Jhessica

What does the name Jhessica mean?

Jhessica means “probably from the biblical name Iscah, perhaps 'he will see'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Jéssica, of which Jhessica is a spelling.

How many people are named Jhessica in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,477 people with the first name Jhessica, which ranks it number 6,337 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jhessica is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,473 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jhessica?

Jhessica is a name of English and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jhessica most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Jhessica (200 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jhessica?

Jéssica, Jesica, Jessika and Jessyca. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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