Jesselyn
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning God hears; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix.
Jesselyn by the numbers
Jesselyn was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
Other names that come from Jessica
Like Jesselyn, 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)
- JessaGod beholds; short form of Jessica307 in the US (2017)
- Jessiwealthy; a form of Jessica84 in the US (2017)
- JessyGod sees; form of Jessica or Jesse67 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)
- Jessiavariant of Jessica; God beholds20 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jesselyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jesslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix99 in the US (2017)
- Josselynmember of the Gauts people; a form of Jocelyn94 in the US (2017)
- Jessalynwealthy; a form of Jessica76 in the US (2017)
- Jessilyn11 in the US (2017)
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
- Josslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn108 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jesselyn
Names that are said the same way as Jesselyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Jesselyn, 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 Jesselyn
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