jessica

English - English

Definition of jessica in English English dictionary

A female given name; formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries

She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica. Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.

formerly rare, but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries . Diminutives: Jess, Jessie

{i} female first name

Related Terms

Jessica Lange

born April 20, 1949, Cloquet, Minn., U.S. U.S. film actress. She studied mime in Paris and worked as a model in New York before making her movie debut in King Kong (1976). She appeared in All That Jazz (1979) and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and became a star with Frances (1982) and Tootsie (1982, Academy Award). Noted for her beauty and her ability to reveal the inner psyche of her characters, Lange won praise for her roles in Country (1984), Sweet Dreams (1985), and Music Box (1989) and in the televised versions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984) and O Pioneers! (1992). Her later films include Blue Sky (1994, Academy Award), Rob Roy (1995), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Titus (1999)

Jessica Tandy

a British actress who at the age of 80 became the oldest winner of an Oscar in 1989 for her part in the film Driving Miss Daisy. She moved to America in 1940. She acted mainly on stage, but her films include Forever Amber (1947) and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (1991) (1909-94)

Hume and Jessica Tandy Cronyn

born July 18, 1911, London, Ont., Can. died June 15, 2003, Fairfield, Conn., U.S. born June 7, 1909, London, Eng. died Sept. 11, 1994, Easton, Conn., U.S. U.S. husband-and-wife actors. Cronyn made his Broadway debut in 1934. He was a successful character actor in many plays, including Polonius in Hamlet (1964, Tony Award), and directed plays such as Hilda Crane (1950) and The Egghead (1957). Tandy made her Broadway debut in 1930. She was the original Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1947, Tony Award). She and Cronyn married in 1942 and acted together in such successful plays as The Fourposter (1951), A Delicate Balance (1966), The Gin Game (1977), and Foxfire (1982), the last two of which earned Tony Awards for Tandy. Cronyn's many films include Lifeboat (1944) and Sunrise at Campobello (1960), and Tandy's include The Birds (1963), Driving Miss Daisy (1989, Academy Award), and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Hyphenation

Jes·si·ca

Turkish pronunciation

cesîkı

Pronunciation

/ˈʤesəkə/ /ˈʤɛsɪkə/

Etymology

() First used by Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (Yisəkah, "Iscah" in Genesis 11:29, "Jescha" in the Wycliffe version), a proper name meaning "one who looks forth" ( but apparently not used as an ordinary word with that meaning). * By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of Jessie, from Jane.