Jessa

English

Etymology

20th-century coinage from Jessie + feminine suffix -a; compare Jenna from Jenny.

Proper noun

Jessa

  1. A female given name.
    • 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN[1]:
      Jessalyn, known to her family as Jessa, was one of the dozens who were hit.

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