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Jessa

Jessa proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Jessa

  1. A female given name.
    • Jessalyn, known to her family as Jessa, was one of the dozens who were hit.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...

Origin of Jessa

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

Questions about Jessa

What does Jessa mean?
Jessa means a female given name.
What part of speech is Jessa?
Jessa is a proper noun.

Words near Jessa in the dictionary

  1. Jesolo
  2. Jespersen
  3. Jespersen's cycle
  4. Jespersenian
  5. jess
  6. Jessa
  7. jessakeed
  8. jessakeeds
  9. Jessalyn
  10. Jessalynn
  11. Jessamie

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