Jessah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jessah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jessah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jessa; short form of Jessica
A short form of Jessica, the name Shakespeare gave Shylock's daughter in The Merchant of Venice.
Meaning borrowed from Jessa. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jessah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessah is a girls' name.
How popular is Jessah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Jessah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Nicknames for Jessah
- Jess 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Jessah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Selah Hadassah Salem Jaliyah Aaliyah Azariah Taliyah Kaliyah Zaniyah Hannah Dalilah Zariah
Names related to Jessah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jessah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessah, updated 20 October 2026.