Jessika
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Jessica.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jessika (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jessika has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 18 |
| 2000 | 24 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,302 |
| 2000 | 1,331 |
| 2001 | 1,342 |
| 2002 | 1,355 |
| 2003 | 1,361 |
| 2004 | 1,379 |
| 2005 | 1,382 |
| 2006 | 1,381 |
| 2007 | 1,382 |
| 2008 | 1,397 |
| 2009 | 1,399 |
| 2010 | 1,403 |
| 2011 | 1,407 |
| 2012 | 1,407 |
| 2013 | 1,406 |
| 2014 | 1,415 |
| 2015 | 1,412 |
| 2016 | 1,411 |
| 2017 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 1,407 |
| 2019 | 1,402 |
| 2020 | 1,396 |
Jessika in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jessika.Hi! My name is Jessika.
- Jessika bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Jessika lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Jessika kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jessika is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jessikas mamma är lärare.Jessika's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jessikas mamma is Jessika's mum.
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Questions about Jessika
How do you pronounce Jessika in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jessika from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jessika mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Jessica.
How popular is Jessika in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jessika in 2022. In 2020, 1,396 people in Sweden had Jessika as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.