Jessyka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-ih-kuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jessyka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jessyka mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Jessica
A respelling of Jessica, a name popularised by Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to Shylock's daughter.
Is Jessyka a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessyka is a girls' name.
How popular is Jessyka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Jessyka in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessyka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Nicknames for Jessyka
Names like Jessyka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samantha, Johanna, Eliza, Isabella, Daniela, Mikayla, Joanna, Jordan, Mariah, Amanda, Makayla, Gabriella
Names related to Jessyka
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jessyka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessyka, updated 20 October 2026.