Meaning of my name?

Question

My name is Jessica, does anybody know the meaning of this name???

Answer 1

It's a name invented by William Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice.  It's based on either the feminine name Iscah ("to behold") or the masculine name Jesse ("gift"), which are both names from the Bible.

Answer 2

The meaning of your name: God Beholds

Orginated from: Hebrew

Your welcome XD

Answer 3

Jessica is a female given name, originally found as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.

Also, in the Hebrew language - Jessica means - God's grace.

So it is essentially a Jewish name.

Answer 4

This information came from www.ancestry.com,

Jessica

English: apparently of Shakespearian origin. This was the name of the daughter of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice (1596). Shakespeare's source has not been discovered, but he presumably intended it to seem like a typically Jewish name. It may be from a biblical name that appeared, in the translations available in Shakespeare's day, as Jesca (Genesis 11: 29; Iscah in the Authorized Version). This appears in a somewhat obscure genealogical passage; Iscah appears to have been Abraham's niece. Short form: Jess.

hope this helps.