Meaning 
The name Jessa has the following meaning: Meaning "He sees" in Hebrew, referring to an all-seeing God. It was coined by Shakespeare from the Old Testament Jesca and used in his famous play the Merchant of Venice, as the name of the daughter of Shylock. This name was wildly popular in the U.S. in the 1970s and to this day, is still one of the most common names in English-speaking countries.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Jessa is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Jessa for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Jessica, of which the name Jessa is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Jessa and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Jessa: Boys - Axel, Chaim, Ephraim, Jasiah, Nagid, Nathanael, Simeon, Girls - Cayla, Chaya, Danna, Iyanna, Manuela, Nagida, Naomi, Taliyah, Yoselin, Zina, Both genders - Deborah
Variants 
The name Jessa is a variant of Jessica. Other popular variants of the name Jessica are: Gessica (Italian), Iekika (Hawaiian), Janka (Hungarian), Jesica, Jesika, Jessa (Nickname), Jessaca, Jessaka, Jesseca, Jessicka, Jessika (German), Jezeka, Jezica
Style 
We think the name Jessa should fall under the following style category: The 70's. See other The 70's girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Jessa to be: A dainty, spoilt rich girlIn one word, you might describe Jessa as a(n) " spoilt" person. See other "spoilt" names for girls.
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