Yesenia \ye-se-nia\ as a girl's name is pronounced yeh-SEE-nee-ah. It is of Spanish origin. A form of Jesenia, a Hispanic name, and phonetic variant of Llesenia, a name made popular by the title character of a 1970s Spanish soap opera. Also possibly of Russian origin, from the male name Yesenin.
Yesenia has 5 variant forms: Yasenia, Yazenia, Yesemia, Yessenia and Yessenya.
For more information, see also the related name Jessenia.