A female given name from Hebrew.
"Jessica is a popular female given name of Hebrew origin that means God will add."
Shakespeare first used Jessica in his play The Merchant of Venice around the early 1600s, taking it directly from a Hebrew name meaning "he will see" or "she will behold." Although its original sense has shifted to become simply a female given name for girls today, some people later mistakenly believed it was an elaborate version of Jessie.