"This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice', where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical name http://www.answers.com/topic/iscah-first-name which would have been spelled Jesca in his time. Jessica is also sometimes used as a feminine form of http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-2." This info is from the Yahoo answers database I didn't write it.
a bunch. including me! =D I am one, and I luv to read.... so... according to something I read, there are 754,848 Jessica's in the U.S. It is the 61st most popular 1st name. I dont know if that is out of date or not, and I dont know how many are in the entire world. sorry.
Sue is the diminutive variant of Susan which is in turn the English short variant of the Hebrew name Susannah. The meaning of the name Susannah is lily.The English form was first used in the 18th century.
There is no definitive number of people in the world with the name Loser. It is not a common or traditional name, so it is unlikely that there are many individuals with that name globally.
It is estimated that there are approximately 75,000 people in the world with the last name Rhodes.
I do not have access to real-time data to provide an exact number of people named Carissa in the world. It is a relatively common name in some regions, but the exact number would vary and change over time.
Jessica is a beautiful name, and it is Hebrew!!!
it depends which jessica you mean
Yes Jessica does mean wealthy and Jess means rich
It is a name.
It didn't actually come from a specific language. The name Jessica orginated from a Shakespearean play. It didn't actually come from a specific language. The name Jessica orginated from a Shakespearean play.
Scottish i think
Jew
Her name is Jessica
There is not a Greek meaning for the name Jessica as it is a Hebrew name. The Hebrew meaning is rich and God beholds.
Hebrew for Wealthy. It is a form of Jessica
A unsympathetic person ;)
Jessica is Hebrew in origin meaning "one who looks forth".