Meaning: Its source is an Arabic expression meaning "Flower."

Languages: This girl's name is used in Spanish.

Variant Forms: Yessenia

Popularity: The name Yesenia ranked 276th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 853rd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name first made its appearance on state popularity lists of the 1990s, and has been trending upward in usage ever since.