Jessica

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Jessica is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and popularized by Shakespeare’s play "The Merchant of Venice."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Jessica canonical 59

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feminine given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom Hebrew name Yiskah ⓘ
etymologyMeaning foresight ⓘ
to see ⓘ
vision ⓘ
firstMajorLiteraryAppearance The Merchant of Venice ⓘ
firstMajorLiteraryAppearanceAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
firstMajorLiteraryAppearanceYearApprox late 16th century ⓘ
gender feminine ⓘ
hasDiminutive Jess ⓘ
Jessa ⓘ
linked to: Jessika

Jessie ⓘ
hasNameDayInSomeCountries February ⓘ
May ⓘ
linked to: June
hasNickname Jess ⓘ
Jessa ⓘ
Jessi ⓘ
Jessie ⓘ
hasOrigin Hebrew culture ⓘ
Hebrew language ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
hasVariant Jesica ⓘ
linked to: Jessika

Jessika ⓘ
Yessica ⓘ
linked to: Sheyla
isRelatedToName Iscah ⓘ
Jesse ⓘ
isUsedIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
English-speaking countries ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
languageOfUse Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Scandinavian languages ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
nameCategory English feminine given name ⓘ
biblical name ⓘ
wasPopularizedBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
play The Merchant of Venice ⓘ
wasTopGivenNameIn United States in 1980s ⓘ
United States in 1990s ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jessica Lange → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Ennis-Hill → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Walter → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Szohr → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Shylock → hasDaughter → Jessica ⓘ
Shylock → isFatherOf → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Biel → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Raine → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Schumer → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Alba → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Fletcher → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Hynes → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Day → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Altman → hasGivenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Seinfeld → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Mauboy → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Garland → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie Ware → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Burton → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie → hasVariant → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie → shortFormOf → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Dismorr → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jess Glynne → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica McDonald → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Henwick → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Simpson → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Lucas → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Rosenworcel → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
subject linked to: Rosenworcel
Jessica Nolan → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Mitford → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Szohr → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
subject linked to: Szohr
Jessica Biel → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
subject linked to: Biel
Jessica Sula → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Origliasso → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Williams → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Capshaw → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessica Harp → givenName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie → hasDiminutiveFormOf → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie → hasRelatedName → Jessica ⓘ
Jessie → isOftenShortFor → Jessica ⓘ