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MorwenEdhelwen1 Folklore: Forenames in former times (35) RE: Folklore: Forenames in former times 30 Apr 13

@GUEST six posts above: Jessica in its modern spelling(ie spelled that way) was invented by Shakespeare, but it's an anglicisation of the Hebrew name Iscah, Yiscah, or Yiskah, which was used by English Jews in the 12th century. Then it was often anglicised as Jiscah. Pronunciation could have led to i sounding like e, and creating Jescah.

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