J.K. Rowling’s daughter, born in Portugal in 1993, was named Jessica.
Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes was born in July 1993 in Portugal. Rowling was living in Porto at the time and was married to Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Rowling later returned to the United Kingdom with Jessica after the marriage ended.
Jessica’s birth occurred before the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Rowling began writing the early Harry Potter manuscript during the period surrounding her time in Portugal, although the book was eventually completed and prepared for publication after she settled in Edinburgh.
The name is sometimes confused with the names of Rowling’s two sons, David and Mackenzie. Those three children are part of the author’s biography, but Jessica is the first child and the only one born in Portugal.