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Jessica

American  
[jes-i-kuh] / ˈdʒɛs ɪ kə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Jesse.


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When news reached Jessica Monson Drossin, she recalled on her Facebook page the young baseball player who played against her son.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“The person tasked with making the lightning lane reservations for a group is going to have a very different day,” said Jessica Gardner, an influencer known as “the theme parkette.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Jessica Lewis, 25, was diagnosed with endometriosis two years ago.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Jessica Huseman is Votebeat’s editorial director and is based in Dallas.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

I don’t know if anybody would vote for her, but Jessica was smart and nice and she’d been to lots of schools, so she knew how things worked.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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