Jessika
Around 630 women in Poland carry it, but no one is passing it on now: not a single newborn last year. A Hebrew name at root, tied to the sense of "to behold", of foresight.
Jessika Pronunciation
What Jessika means
Where Jessika comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jessika is a spelling variant of Jessica, and both go back to Hebrew. The older form is Iscah, or Yiskah, a name that appears once in the book of Genesis, where she is a daughter of Haran. Scholars link it to a root meaning to behold, or to look ahead, which is where the gloss "foresight" comes from. Shakespeare fixed the modern shape when he named Shylock's daughter Jessica in The Merchant of Venice. The spelling with a k drifted in afterward through German and English usage.
The Polish reading, dar pana, arrived by a different road. It reflects a devotional sense, gift of the Lord, that people attached to the name long after its Hebrew root had faded from memory. The meaning was added, not found.
On a Polish class register, Jessika stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias. The k marks it as borrowed. A teacher reading the list aloud slows down at it.
Foresight stays the older sense, the one built into Iscah.
How many people are named Jessika
1 in 35841 women in Poland is named Jessika. 629 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1191 among female names.
Jessika's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Jessika is most popular
Jessika is most popular in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, 559% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+533%).
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born+559%
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Silesian4 girls born+533%
Jessika as a middle name
Jessika is a first name for 629 women in Poland and a middle name for another 101, an 86/14 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 664th, between Ingrida (101) and Layla (101).
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#662 Gustawa101
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#663 Ingrida101
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#664 Jessika101
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#665 Layla101
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#666 Mariam100