Jessa
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God beholds; short form of Jessica.
How Jessa has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #545 |
| 2016 | #675 |
| 2017 | #869 |
Jessa by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Jessa. In the US, 307 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 571 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jessica
Like Jessa, each of these traces back to Jessica: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jessicagod beholds; coined by shakespeare from Iscah360 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jessiewealthy; gift; form of Jessica or Jesse664 in the US (2017)
- Jesslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix99 in the US (2017)
- Jessalynwealthy; a form of Jessica76 in the US (2017)
- Jeslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix54 in the US (2017)
- Yessicaspelling variant of Jessica; God beholds23 in the US (2017)
- Jessikavariant of Jessica; God beholds20 in the US (2017)
- JessabelleGod's oath; a form of Jessabel or Jessica12 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jessa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jessegod exists; gift from god980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jessiwealthy; a form of Jessica84 in the US (2017)
- JessyGod sees; form of Jessica or Jesse67 in the US (2017)
- Jessiavariant of Jessica; God beholds20 in the US (2017)
- Jessahgod is gracious; form of jesse or jessica9 in the US (2017)
- Jesia7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Jessa, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Jessa
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